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Plan for pipeline announced
Calgary-based Enbridge announces preliminary plans for a pipeline linking the Alberta oilsands to the West Coast. -
PetroChina joins project
The company announces a deal with PetroChina Co. to transport oil from Alberta to the B.C. coast for export. The pipeline is expected to be in operation in 2010. -
Project delayed
With the National Energy Board process already underway, Enbridge announces it will delay Northern Gateway and focus on expanding pipelines to U.S. market. -
First Nation bans tankers
Coastal First Nations declares a ban on oil supertankers in waters off the northern coast of B.C. It is the first aboriginal ban on the project. -
Application filed
Enbridge files its application to the National Energy Board to build the Northern Gateway pipeline and tanker terminal. -
Open to hearings
The panel determines the company has submitted enough information for the project to proceed to public hearings. -
Joe Oliver steps up for project
Then-natural resources minister Joe Oliver issues an open letter branding oil pipeline opponents “radicals” who are attempting to “hijack” the hearing process with funds from “foreign special interest groups.” -
Public hearings begin
Joint review panel begins public hearings, spending 18 months travelling throughout B.C. and Alberta. -
Federal acts reformed
Federal government announces changes to Navigable Waters Act and Canadian Environmental Assessment Act. Changes include giving cabinet final decision on projects rather than regulators. -
U.S. report blasts Enbridge
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board releases a damning report on a July 2010 spill of 3.3 million litres of diluted bitumen from an Enbridge pipeline into Kalamazoo River, likening the cleanup to Keystone Kops. -
Clark opposes pipeline
B.C. Premier Christy Clark announces her government will not support Northern Gateway or any other oil pipeline project unless it meets five conditions, including a “fair share” of revenues for the province. -
Safety rules updated
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver announces first of several changes to marine safety rules for oil tankers. Several measures will also be announced for pipeline liability on land. -
B.C. government lawyers submit opposition
B.C. government lawyers tell the federal review panel that the province does not support the pipeline project as proposed. -
Federal review hearings end
Federal review hearings come to a close. -
B.C. drops a demand
The B.C. government backs down on revenue-sharing, saying a share of Alberta’s revenues from heavy oil pipelines is no longer part of negotiations. -
Report on First Nations' role
Vancouver lawyer Doug Eyford issues a government-commissioned report saying Ottawa must build trust with First Nations. -
Conditional approval
Federal joint review panel issues report recommending approval of Northern Gateway project, subject to 209 conditions. -
First Nations want judicial review
First of 10 applications filed in Federal Court and the Federal Appeal Court by environmental and First Nations groups seeking judicial review of panel recommendation to approve project. -
Kitimat votes against project
Residents of Kitimat, site of the proposed marine terminal, vote against Northern Gateway in non-binding municipal plebiscite with a vote of 58.4 per cent opposed and 41.6 per cent in favour. -
New rules for maritime spills
Transport Minister Lisa Raitt announces new rules for marine spill response. -
New rules for pipeline safety
Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford announces more new rules for pipeline safety. -
Office to work with First Nations
Rickford announces Ottawa will open a major projects management office in B.C. to work with First Nations on energy projects. -
Federal approval
Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford gives the project federal approval, subject to the 209 recommendations already made by a joint review panel.
