February 29, 2012
The federal government needs to reform Canada’s regulatory review process for energy pipelines, according to a report released today by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Unclogging the Pipes: Pipeline Reviews and Energy Policy,” Joseph Doucet, Interim Dean at the Alberta School of Business, says Canada’s energy pipeline review process needs to become more efficient, making better use of time and resources to complete reviews, while respecting the need for public participation and environmental assessments. Most important, Doucet says, is that “the federal government should determine what issues should be within the purview of regulators and what decisions should rest with the federal or provincial parliaments.”
