CALGARY, ALTA – The president of Canada’s largest energy workers' union says a case being heard today by the National Energy Board will determine whether Canadian oil will continue to flow to the US when a Canadian refinery is being starved for supply.
“The NEB has a duty to protect the public interest and ensure that Canadian energy security is given the highest priority,” says Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union President Dave Coles.
VICTORIA - Thousands rallied on the lawn of the British Columbia legislature on Monday, October 22, to express opposition to the Enbridge and Kinder-Morgan export pipelines. CEP's President Dave Coles and Secretary-Treasurer were there to represent our union's energy workers.
VICTORIA - CEP National President, Dave Coles, and Secretary-Treasurer Gaétan Ménard, will attend today's Defend Our Coast action in Victoria, British Columbia. Thousands of Canadians opposed to Enbridge and Kinder-Morgan pipeline projects have pledged to participate in tomorrow's planned action of civil disobedience.
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OTTAWA – Political, business and union leaders reacted with caution and skepticism Friday to a B.C. newspaper tycoon's proposal to build a $13-billion refinery near Kitimat to process bitumen from Alberta's oilsands.
Calgary-based Enbridge Inc., which is proposing the 550,000-barrel-a-day pipeline to ship diluted bitumen to Kitimat for export to Asian refineries, refused to comment on David Black's proposal to have some or all of that product processed in Canada.
WAPASU LOOK OUT, ALTA -- With the site of a Suncor tailing pond in the background, CEP Local 707 President Roland Lefort, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair, and Local 707 Vice-President Steve Drover pose for a photo during the NDP Leader's visit to the oil sands. Mulcair asked CEP to host his tour and Brother Lefort said he was "very appreciative and impressed with the workers' knowledge and insight."
