In legislative committee hearings that were part of the fallout from Ontario’s 2010 gas plant scandal, one of the more charged — some might say naïve — observations was offered by an expert witness who, when asked for his opinion on remedying Ontario’s continuing electricity woes, recommended that politicians “swear a blood oath to not meddle in electricity policy.”

TransCanada’s proposed Energy East pipeline (“the project”) may experience yet another challenge as it will likely undergo an environmental impact assessment and review (“EIAR”) by Quebec’s Bureau d’audience publique sur l’environnement (“BAPE”), as required by the province’s Environment Quality Act […]