NEB Chair announces cross-Canada engagement initiative

Peter Watson, Chairman of the National Energy Board, has launched a cross-Canada engagement initiative in a speech at a Saint John Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

Beginning in early 2015, Peter Watson, NEB Board Members and staff will visit every province and the North to hear from Canadians on how the Board can improve its pipeline safety programme. The Board intends to meet directly with interested groups, including municipal and provincial leaders and staff, Aboriginal organisations, environmental groups, first responders and academics, as well as professional and industry organisations to discuss pipeline safety and environmental protection.

“In order for us to achieve our mandate, we need to better understand what Canadians are thinking when it comes to pipeline safety and environmental protection,” said NEB Chair Peter Watson.

“Our goal is to engage with a broad range of interested Canadians through a variety of means.”

In addition to meeting with Canadians from coast to coast to coast, the Board’s engagement initiative will also include an online discussion forum, open to anyone who wishes to share their views on pipeline safety and environmental protection. The discussion forum can be accessed from the NEB’s website at www.neb-one.gc.ca/ListentoCanadians. Anyone wishing to provide comments or feedback on this initiative can email: pipelinesafety@neb-one.gc.ca.

Once the Board’s cross-country visits conclude in late spring 2015, the Board will host a pipeline safety technical conference of subject matter experts. A report on the engagement initiative and technical conference will be publicly released by early 2016.

Adapted from press release by Hannah Priestley-Eaton

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