Economist Withdraws from Trans Mountain Review: 'Rigged'

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Economist Withdraws from Trans Mountain Review, Calling It 'Rigged'

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Robyn Allan no longer involved in NEB review of Kinder Morgan pipeline proposal.

By Jeremy J. Nuttall, TheTyee.ca May 19, 2015

One of the most vocal opponents of the proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion has pulled out of the National Energy Board's review of the project, saying the process is "rigged" and does not serve the public interest.
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Economist Robyn Allan has written extensively on Kinder Morgan's proposal and the process to approve it. She is the second high profile opponent to withdraw from the process, following former BC Hydro CEO Marc Eliesen last year. Eliesen, who is married to Allan, also claimed the NEB review was "predetermined."
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"The main reason I'm pulling out now is because unequivocally this process is flawed. It is not protecting the public interest of Canadians," Allan said. "Continued involvement signals the process may be working, when in fact it is not."

U.S.-based Kinder Morgan wants to triple the capacity of the Trans Mountain pipeline to ferry 890,000 barrels of primarily diluted Alberta bitumen to a marine terminal in Burnaby, where the oil will be loaded on tankers for export to Asia.

A final decision on the pipeline is expected by Jan. 25, 2016.

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