| National Energy Board Moves Towards Transparency | 14 December 15 |
"Canadians really deserve to have this information. I think what you are looking at is a new NEB," said Darin Barter, a National Energy Board spokesperson in Calgary said of the announcement. Barter said if disclosing pipeline issues prompt Canadians to lose confidence, "I would say the companies need to step it up then." NEB Inspection reports will be available online within six weeks of the inspection taking place, so that it can be reviewed for accuracy and translated for posting in both English and French. Detailed findings, outcomes and any enforcement and compliance action taken by NEB Inspection Officers will also be posted. In recent years because of appointments of oil and gas industry professionals to the board, the NEB has been criticized as a pipeline approval machine. Independent panel members have been resigning due to the NEB's troubled proceedings for recent hearings. The summer 2015 board appointment of a Kinder Morgan consultant by the former federal government shows there is a long way to go to regain public trust.
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