The Regulatory process in Canada is completely broken at every level - totally dysfunctional.

Since Special Interest groups bring nothing new or intelligent to the Table or Town Halls, then their only chance to destroy these Projects is by abuse of process. 

The continuing collapse of Canada's Energy sector due to all of the NGO theatrical stunts, frivolous law suits, and flip-flopping by misguided, uneducated and unqualified politicians will leave us all poorer in the end. 

Canada needs a clearly defined national energy plan that incorporates both the exploitation /transportation of current reserves and a realistic transition to alternative energy over a realistic timeframe. This is easily a 20+ year process.

Sadly, too many of our local politicians, Premiers and Federal Government have zero idea what that looks like.  They love the tax revenue but they don't want to do anything for it. Their obstructionist backers don't either. In fact, they're the most useless of the bunch.