Section I: Opening Statement
“Petroleum production and use is fundamental to our current way of life”
(Environment Canada, 2011)
We will be arguing in favour of British Columbia supporting the construction of the Northern Gateway Pipeline. Throughout our brief, we will provide several arguments reinforcing our position. In addition to the questions provided by the Hearing Panel, we found it extremely important and pertinent to address economic implications of the construction and functioning of the pipeline. For this reason, these elements will be discussed in Section IV of our brief. We chose to omit a couple of Questions of Analysis in favour of expanding on others that we felt were more relevant and necessary to our argument.
We hold the belief that the potential benefits of the Northern Gateway Pipeline outweigh the potential costs; reasons for which will become evident in this written submission.
Section II: Questions of Fact: Answered

1. Will the pipeline be running above or below ground?
The vast majority of the pipeline will be buried up to a meter underground. The only exceptions will be select water crossings where it is safer to run the pipeline above the water crossing. (Enbridge Northern Gateway Project, 2013)

2. What is the lifespan of the project?
The project will have a lifespan of 30 years (Enbridge Northern Gateway Project).

3. What is being transported in the pipeline?
There are 2 pipelines. One is the oil pipeline and the other is the condensate pipeline. They will be transporting petroleum through the oil pipeline (525,000 barrels per day). The condensate pipeline will be transporting condensate, which is a product to thin petroleum (193,000 barrels per day) (Enbridge Northern Gateway Project).

4. Where will the pipeline be located?
The pipeline will run through Bruderheim, Alberta, to Kitamat, BC (Enbridge Northern