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The Mayor of Montreal, Denis Coderre, has caused quite a stir on 21 January after slamming TransCanada海角吃瓜网檚 Energy East pipeline project. Montreal 海角吃瓜网� and 81 neighbouring communities 海角吃瓜网� united against the pipeline project, citing environmental and economic concerns.

Coderre comments

Coderre explained that the potential environmental damages outweigh the economic benefits of the pipeline project, stating: 海角吃瓜网淭ransCanada海角吃瓜网檚 project includes important risks for our environment and too few benefits for our economy.海角吃瓜网�

Coderre continued: 海角吃瓜网淭he Montreal Metropolitan Community (MMC) is against the Energy East pipeline project because it still represents a serious environmental threat, with too little economic benefits for the greater Montreal region. The project would create only 30 jobs for all of Quebec and financial benefits of CAN$2 million/y according to Transport Canada estimates and internal analyses. TransCanada says the project will bring in CAN$2 billion over 20 years to Quebec. In comparison, the cost of a major spill in the greater Montreal region could run between CAN$1 billion and CAN$10 billion. What海角吃瓜网檚 more, the proposed path would cross urban forests, wetlands and agriculture zones, and destroy 130 ha. of forested land.海角吃瓜网�

The project

TransCanada海角吃瓜网檚 proposed 4600 km and CAN$15.7 billion Energy East pipeline is set to transport 1.1 million bpd of oil from the Alberta oilsands and Saskatchewan, to the East Coast. However, at present, it is in the midst of political problems, including environmentalists and aboriginal groups protesting against the project.

Adam Scott, Environmental Defence Spokesman, simply stated: "Facing growing opposition, TransCanada's Energy East project appears to be dead in the water, even before the regulatory review has started."

Conflicting ideologies

Conversely, Brian Jean 海角吃瓜网� Leader of the Wildrose Party 海角吃瓜网� labelled Coderre a hypocrite, referring to Montreal海角吃瓜网檚 decision to deposit one-third of its sewage into the St. Lawrence River in Autumn 2015.

"While Mr. Coderre dumps a billion litres of raw sewage directly into his waterways and benefits from billions in equalisation payments, his opposition to the Energy East pipeline is nothing short of hypocritical. Montreal buys millions of barrels of foreign oil from dictatorships, but it is rejecting oil from their friends in confederation 海角吃瓜网� it's disgraceful!海角吃瓜网�

Actions taken

Tim Duboyce, a TransCanada spokesman, stated that the company has already filed 700 amendments to the pipeline project, in order to deal with the concerns raised. Calgary-based TransCanada is anticipating hearings in 2016 and the National Energy Board海角吃瓜网檚 (NEB) final report to be published in 2017. However, no official deadline or date has been decided upon.

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