“So, we’re very proud to kick this off on the lands of Treaty 6, the lands of the Enoch Cree.” “This project would not be here, today, without the tremendous support of both the federal and provincial government, who have encouraged us all along the way, who reminded us of the importance of this project on the national scale, and reminded us this is a project of utmost importance to Canadians of all locations.” And with the support of the federal government, in 2018, when they acquired ownership of this project, we were able to continue our hard work,” Anderson said. We maintained our commitment to this important project. “It’s been a journey, as many of you have watched over many years,” Anderson said. There is $40 million committed on that spread alone to Indigenous contractors. The pipe being used came from EVRAZ Regina.

He noted the project was conceptualized in 2008-09. We’re progressing steadily on all the permitting and regulatory aspects of this project.” It will be in the ground before Christmas. “You can see pipe on the ground, and within days, maybe a couple of weeks, that pipe will be in the ground.

“Today is a very important milestone of this project, as you can imagine,” Anderson said.

3Ĭompany president and CEO Ian Anderson was joined by federal Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O’Regan and Alberta Energy Minister Sonja Savage, among other dignitaries, at Atcheson, Alta., the western end of the first spread, or section, of the project. – In what might be a case of déjà vu, Trans Mountain Corporation has again kicked off mainline construction on the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project (TMX) on Dec.

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