NEB Chair's cross-Canada engagement to begin in Atlantic Canada

Peter Watson, Chair of the National Energy Board (NEB), will kick off an NEB cross-Canada engagement initiative on 26 January in Halifax. Over the next seven days, the Chair, NEB Board Members and staff will hear from Canadians in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, and Prince Edward Island on how the NEB can improve its pipeline safety and environmental protection programmes.

The NEB will visit every province and the North 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 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 NEB's engagement initiative includes an online discussion forum, which is open to anyone who wants to share their views about pipeline safety and environmental protection.

Adapted from press release by Rosalie Starling

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