Blog Updates

BC Landowners Association Prepares to Face Spectra Pipelines

“Is there going to be a scrap in the cornfields of Chilliwack?”

Spectra Pipelines

I am not and never have been an activist although I am a strong believer that we need to protect our environment. I have grandchildren and want to leave a world that they can live in. I have always voted Conservative and the Reform Party before that. This is our experience with a Pipeline Company, Spectra Energy

Our family owns a family farm in Chilliwack which grows sweet corn for sale on the fresh market. My 87 year old mother still lives on the farm. What follows does not ev

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Events

Dave Core, CEO & Director of Federally Regulated Projects, will be attending:

Camput Conference

May 5 - 8, 2013, Niagara Falls, Ontario

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Great Thoughts by Great Men and Women

Ludwig  von Mises"Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it." - G. K. Chesterton

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874 – 1936) was an English writer. His prolific and diverse output included philosophy, ontology, poetry, play writing, journalism, public lecturing/debating, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.

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Presentation to the Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources: February 28, 2013

Dave CoreGood morning Honourable Senators. It is my pleasure to be talking to you from Calgary this morning by video conference. Our National office is situated in Regina, Saskatchewan, but I am in Calgary on personal business right now.

The Canadian Association of Energy and Pipeline Landowner Associations (“CAEPLA”, formerly “CAPLA”), is an association made up of regional member landowner groups from New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia and associate members from across Canada, coast to coast.

CAEPLA’s objective is to assist Canadian pipeline landowners to address more effectively the impacts of energy pipeline construction and operations which affect landowner interests, including soil preservation, environmental liability, land use restrictions, safety, repair and maintenance issues, abandonment and compensation. CAEPLA is a catalyst for the organization of pipeline landowner associations by providing organizational advice, advocacy and negotiation experience and services. It is also CAEPLA’s intention to address landowner concerns with respect to present pipeline regulation in Canada with appropriate government and regulatory authorities.

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Right of Entry is Risky Business

Investment site pans Keystone XL pipeline

Do Not Enter

Popular investment site Motley Fool is asking “how safe will the KeystoneXL pipeline really be?

What they are really asking is how good an investment bet is TransCanada in light of the controversial proposed pipeline project?

Based on evidence from credible critics the article concludes that the answer to the question is “not very.”  Meaning leaks are likely, which not only impacts taxpayers and landowners, but hapless investors as well.

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NTSB Report: Enbridge Control Room Failure and the Kalamzoo River Spill

John GoudyAn excerpt from a recent report of the National Transportation Safety Board paints a picture of the surprising goings-on in the Enbridge Edmonton Control Centre while Line 6B was spewing oil into the Kalamazoo River system:

Operator B2 said he has never seen this problem before and that it was interesting. Operator B2 stated that the situation looked liked a leak, and Operator B1 stated that they could pump as much as they wanted but could never over pressurize the pipeline. Operator B2 stated that eventually the oil has to go somewhere. Operator B2 said that it seemed as if there was something wrong about the situation. Operator B2 said to Operator B1 'whatever, we're going home and will be off for few days.' Operator B1 stated they were not going to try this again, not on their shift.

Andrew Nikiforuk discusses the report and its findings about Enbridge's operations in this article called: "Spill Crisis: 'Whatever, we're going home'".

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CAEPLA Landowner Journal

Fall/Winter 2011

CAEPLA Landowner Journal Fall/Winter90,000 copies of the new Caepla Landowner Journal were mailed to landowners, government and opposition MPs, Senators, energy regulators, and many others. The new publication features three distinct special feature sections:

1) Ottawa's National Energy Board and its disposition towards landowners;

2) The Alberta Land Bills and the impact they will have on property rights, not just in Alberta, but even elsewhere in Canada (see what the CAEPLA SmartPig has to say about that in the letters section), and;

3) What to do when the landman comes calling.

Click here to read the most recent CAEPLA Landowner Journal.