Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This video was shot just before the Canada-Alberta West Coast Pipeline announcement on July 02, 2026. It's Stampede Rodeo season across Canada! Yahoo! And we just had an pipeline announcement! While on the surface, the new announcement sounds like a positive development, Robert Lyman had written comments about the approval process some weeks ago. Many people are optimistic that the tripartite arrangements will allow this new project to proceed, but Canada is in a quandry; we have an army of ENGOs opposed to the revenue-earning fossil fuel economy. Robert Lyman was a federal public servant for 27 years, 10 years a diplomat, so he knows how public statements may not reflect reality. Michelle Stirling, our Communications Manager, discusses Lyman's report. He writes: "The Government of Canada recently published a discussion paper entitled, “Getting Major Projects Built in Canada – Discussion Paper on Proposed Legislative, Regulatory, and Policy Reforms”. The stated objective of the proposed reforms is to allow the federal government to make decisions on major projects within two years. The reforms will apply to reviews of major projects that have already been designated by the Major Projects Office as being in the national interest. One year would be allowed for regulatory review and one year for the government to make a decision. More efficient regulatory review of project proposals is badly needed. Over the past decade the time required to complete reviews of this nature often took at least four years and sometimes well over ten years. While reform is needed, the proposed ones are doomed to fail." The upshot is that some 120 'civil society' groups already oppose the pipeline, no matter what route. And due to the Impact Assessment Act allowing intervenors from anywhere to object...unlike the previous regulatory design which restricted interventions to only people directly affected. Thus, the government cannot cut off consultations, and with the army of ENGO supporters, consultations can be drawn out...for years. Please read Robert Lyman's comments: blog.friendsofscience.org/2026/05/29/supporting-timely-decision-making-for-major-projects Please like, share, and subscribe! Donate and help us continue to inform the public. e-transfers: contact@friendsofscience.org
This video was shot just before the Canada-Alberta West Coast Pipeline announcement on July 02, 2026. It's Stampede Rodeo season across Canada! Yahoo! And we just had an pipeline announcement! While on the surface, the new announcement sounds like a positive development, Robert Lyman had written comments about the approval process some weeks ago. Many people are optimistic that the tripartite arrangements will allow this new project to proceed, but Canada is in a quandry; we have an army of ENGOs opposed to the revenue-earning fossil fuel economy. Robert Lyman was a federal public servant for 27 years, 10 years a diplomat, so he knows how public statements may not reflect reality. Michelle Stirling, our Communications Manager, discusses Lyman's report. He writes: "The Government of Canada recently published a discussion paper entitled, “Getting Major Projects Built in Canada – Discussion Paper on Proposed Legislative, Regulatory, and Policy Reforms”. The stated objective of the proposed reforms is to allow the federal government to make decisions on major projects within two years. The reforms will apply to reviews of major projects that have already been designated by the Major Projects Office as being in the national interest. One year would be allowed for regulatory review and one year for the government to make a decision. More efficient regulatory review of project proposals is badly needed. Over the past decade the time required to complete reviews of this nature often took at least four years and sometimes well over ten years. While reform is needed, the proposed ones are doomed to fail." The upshot is that some 120 'civil society' groups already oppose the pipeline, no matter what route. And due to the Impact Assessment Act allowing intervenors from anywhere to object...unlike the previous regulatory design which restricted interventions to only people directly affected. Thus, the government cannot cut off consultations, and with the army of ENGO supporters, consultations can be drawn out...for years. Please read Robert Lyman's comments: blog.friendsofscience.org/2026/05/29/supporting-timely-decision-making-for-major-projects Please like, share, and subscribe! Donate and help us continue to inform the public. e-transfers: contact@friendsofscience.org
