Quebec & N.B. premiers meet to discuss pipeline

Quebec and New Brunswick premiers met in Montreal on Monday to discuss oil pipelines.

According the Montreal Gazette, Alberta’s premier  David Alba has been trying to find ways to get the province’s bitumen to international markets and they may have found an in with Quebec’s Pauline Marois.

Marois’ spokesperson said the both leaders discussed Employment Insurance and pipelines at the Marois’ office.

According to the Canadian Press, the Canadian oil industry sees New Brunswick as a potential destination for Western Canada crude.

This is a project that would have to cross Quebec.

Marois and Alward announced that a working group would be created to observe/overview the TransCanada Corp. proposal.

As reported by the Montreal Gazette, the TransCanada Corp. says it's technically and economically possible for it to convert an existing, underused natural gas line to bring oil from Western Canada to Quebec and New Brunswick.

The Canadian oil industry is still waiting on the United States’ decision to send oil sands crude to the Gulf Coast through the Keystone XL pipeline.

STORY WRITTEN BY: JENNA MONNEY-LUPERT