Critics say it's wrong for the Harper Tories to have kept a report on environmental threats from oilsands pipelines under wraps as Canadians from coast to coast debate such projects. New Democrat environment critic Megan Leslie says Canadians need that kind of information to make an informed choice on projects such as the Northern Gateway line. (The unpublished report from 2013 surveyed hundreds of academic research papers and says little is known about the potential toxic effects or behaviours of oilsands products in oceans, lakes or rivers.)

Date: 2015-02-02
Placeline: EDMONTON.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 16 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << it makes no sense to have a report sitting on a shelf Gathering dust while it's being Quantum gold polished when decisions are being made about Northern Gateway when when government has said they're going to go ahead with this Pipeline and we don't even have the evidence in front of us The Ragin >>

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