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In its Energy East project filing to the National Energy Board last month, TransCanada Corp. identified employment as a primary economic benefit in building its Alberta-to-New Brunswick Energy East pipeline.

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Last week, the premiers of Ontario and Quebec announced nine “conditions” on the development of the proposed Energy East pipeline. The Premier of Saskatchewan responded immediately, calling for progress instead of erecting new barriers.

In the long-standing debate over resource development, there are a number of different perspectives but there is an important reason for Energy East to proceed. It will provide highly paid, skilled manufacturing jobs and economic opportunities, not just in the West, but across the entire country.

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“The Energy East Pipeline will deliver significant benefits to the Western Canadian oil industry and to the Canadian, provincial and local economies,” the company said in the “economic benefits” section of its executive summary. “Specifically, the project is expected to result in employment of approximately 217,000 full time equivalents during the development and operations phases.”