Our Position
The Northern Gateway Project is a game changer for construction workers in the coming years. It opens new markets for ”Made in Canada” oil products not only for North American customers but now to the world’s second largest economic region.
Canadian construction workers will benefit not only from the initial build but also from oil and gas infrastructure expansion in Alberta of Canada’s reserve of petroleum products. As we already know, when oil and gas investment is made in Alberta, all regions of Canada benefit. When the Gateway is finished it opens up new markets to Canadians in every industry.
An expansion of pipeline will not only increase the petroleum production capabilities of Canada, but will further cement our place as an oil-producing country in an increasingly energy hungry world. There are an estimated 315 billion barrels of oil available in the oil sands – the continued expansion of this resource will contribute to Canada's energy super power status.
Economic prosperity does not have to come at the expenses of environmental care for future generations. Our members are implementing and using new technologies developed by industry to minimize the carbon footprint of the industrial process in Alberta.
The men and women of the Canadian building trades live, work and play in Alberta and British Columbia and have a vested interest in protecting the land. The development of the Northern Gateway project does not put British Columbia’s natural beauty at risk. Embridge and the Building Trades are dedicated to working with aboriginal groups to limit their exposure to any ill effects that may happen as a product of this development.
The regulation of the oil and gas industry as a whole ensures that the impact to the environment and native peoples will be minimal and the benefits should far exceed any possible drawbacks.
The port of Kitimat is certainly suitable for the tanker traffic associated with this project.
