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<p><span><b>Guelph, ON <br>
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<p><span><b> The Council of Canadians Guelph Chapter
condemned the National Energy Board (NEB) today for
approving Enbridge’s Line 9 proposal to ship diluted
bitumen in their forty-year-old pipeline between
Sarnia and Montreal and is urging Premier Kathleen
Wynne to prevent the controversial project from
going forward. </b></span></p>
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<p><b><span>“Pipeline safety expert Richard Kuprewicz
testified to the NEB that Line 9 has a high risk of
rupture if the project goes ahead” said chapter
spokesperson John Dennis. “Line 9 passes though
hundreds of communities and rivers that flow right
into the Great Lakes and Enbridge still hasn’t
finished cleaning up after their last massive
diluted bitumen spill in the Kalamazoo River four
years ago.” </span><span lang="EN-CA"></span></b></p>
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<p><b><span>“How can the NEB allow an accident prone
company to pump some of the dirtiest oil on the
planet through an ancient pipeline across the
drinking water supply of millions of people?” ” said
John Dennis. “The NEB is clearly just a rubber stamp
for big oil. Now it is the absolute duty of the
province to protect our drinking water. Premier
Wynne must step in to prevent a catastrophe.”</span><span>
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<p><span lang="EN-CA"></span> <b><span>The Council of
Canadians is Canada’s largest citizens advocacy
group with more than 60 chapters across the country
and 11 chapters near Line 9 including London,
Guelph, Brantford, Hamilton, Peel Region, York
University, Toronto, Northumberland, Peterborough
and the Kawarthas, Brockville and Montreal. </span><span
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<p><span lang="EN-CA"><b>For more information contact:
John Dennis @ <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:coc.guelph@gmail.com" target="_blank">coc.guelph@gmail.com</a></b></span></p>
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