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The Lead
Alberta Premier Jim Prentice’s eastern adventure hasn’t yet moved popular interest in TransCanada Corp.’s Energy East pipeline, though his soft power approach has cooled the rhetoric around energy.
After a fortnight that saw Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall rail against Ontario and Quebec for raising concerns on Energy East, Prentice’s meeting with Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard produced a conciliatory joint news conference, with Prentice even acknowledging the environmental risks of the pipeline’s export terminal in Cacouna, Quebec: “Belugas are important,” he affirmed.
But Prentice has his work cut …read more
Source: iPolitics
