I don't believe that comparing barrels of oil "spilled" or "leaked" from the system to total barrels "shipped" last year is the best approach to say "that's a pretty good record". It is more realistic to look at all the spill sites, ask how they were contained; what it took to "clean" them up; were they cleaned up?; How much soil had to go to hazardous landfills?; Was the groundwater contaminated?; Was it cleaned up?, How or was the land and streams or groundwater restored back to pre-spill conditions? These are the questions we should ask. If your really curious, research and ask the individuals that were personally affected by an Enbridge spill. Oh...and look at the great job of reclamation where the tar sands are being mined. It scares me when I see the landscape that remains after the tar sands are mined.

doom and gloom as usual on here.

There are always folks who dont believe eggs should be broken but want the omlettes. The questions posed above are for the ministry of environment (or the albertan equivalent). They are in charge of setting regs and enforcing them. If they did their job, so did the oil company.
There isnt any way to win for the pipeline company here. The Native info sessions are closed for a reason. They are strategy sessions. It doesnt matter what enbridges record is here, except to convince the general public. The bands (and most of those already opposed and actively objecting) have made up their minds. One barrel of leaked oil would be enough for these folks.

Now with the equity offer we will find out if the concerns are for the environment or cash!

I wonder how many barrels of oil are leaked on the reserves from all the junk cars laying around.The reserve in fort st james has a creek with about 4 old oil drums laying in it that is about 300 meters from stuart lake. The proof is right across from petro can....

let's not care about the enviroment just kill everything and every animal these companies just care about the almighy dollar

"There are always folks who dont believe eggs should be broken but want the omlettes."

It's a good thing that Canada's economy is not dependent on the extraction of resources and exports of such! We have far too many manufacturing jobs already (zero unemployment, zero national debt) and that alone makes for an overabundance of wealth, a comfortable standard of living and plenty of cash for everybody!

So, why break any eggs at all?

The eggs we typically eat come from chicken.

I am more concerned that we understand what is a chicken and what is an egg.

I believe we need to make sure chickens do not become extinct, otherwise we will have no eggs for omelletes.

As put in a more well known saying: "don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg."

Will if you look at safety stats at sawmills and planers and in the pulp and paper. Nobody seem to get hurt but you got lots of walking wounded so the companies can look good in the eyes of their boss and WorkSafe.They do everything they can to plump their safety stats and i bet it's the same for Northern Gateway Pipeline they do the same thing to make the company look safer

Actually all accidents must be reported to First Aid and later analyzed for why they occurred and how they can be prevented.

Often it is negligence by the company, often workers didn't use the mandatory safety equipment and/or procedures like proper lockout, googles, gloves, face shields, respirators and so forth.

Outside of the mills, just look at the vast majority of bicycle riders who don't wear the mandatory helmets, rarely if ever stop at stop signs and even disregard red traffic lights.

Then there is the still existing disobedience in respect to wearing seatbelts in cars, the use of cell phones while driving, tailgating, speeding, not stopping at stop signs and so forth.

Perhaps some of these poor habits carry over into the work place and then some avoidable accidents can be the result.

Do the companies plump their safety stats? Maybe, but then the union through the shop stewards should take over and report all injuries (no matter how small) to the proper authorities.

If one is injured and unable to work one should not be on the job unless it is on light duty. Even then one must present a statement from a doctor allowing it or a return to the usual job.

Make that goggles, not googles...don't want to get in trouble with Google!