MONTREAL – Lawyers for TransCanada are in a Quebec courtroom Wednesday asking a judge to reject an injunction related to the company’s Energy East pipeline project.
An environmental law group on behalf of several organizations is seeking to force TransCanada (TSX:TRP) to be subject to Quebec’s Environment Quality Act.
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The energy company argued the injunction is no longer necessary because the Quebec government has applied for a similar court order with the same objective.
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Quebec wants TransCanada to provide a more detailed account of its Energy East proposal, which would result in a more complete environmental review process than the one currently taking place.
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TransCanada lawyer Robert Torralbo said it’s up to Quebec’s attorney general to ask the courts to force a company to respect a law and that citizens cannot make such a demand unless the government refuses to do so.
Arguments are continuing in Quebec Superior Court Wednesday afternoon.