The traveling road-show that is the National Energy Board hearings into the Energy East pipeline rolls into Montreal on Monday. Denis Coderre has called the Energy East pipeline "risky" and questioned its economic benefit to Montreal. Faced with mounting criticism of the NEB review process, federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna recently urged Canadians to have "confidence in our system." A robust NEB review process would have provided Ottawa with cover for a contentious decision. If the NEB process is compromised in the eyes of the public, so too will its final decision.

Source: CBC News August 28, 2016 22:18 UTC