Prentice to meet with Ontario, Quebec premiers over Energy East

Alberta Premier Jim Prentice is scheduled to meet with his Ontario and Quebec counterparts this week to lobby for supportof the Energy East pipeline.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Premier Philippe Couillard ofQuebec have established a list of conditions over the project.

It includes having contingency plans and emergency responseprograms in place, making sure First Nations areconsulted and thatproponents consider the project's environmental impact and greenhouse gas emissions.

Prentice says he intends to meet with both premiers face-to-faceto discuss the proposed $12-billionpipeline.

He says it is a nation-building project and other regions ofEnergy East will reap the financial benefits of it as well.

The pipeline would carry more than one million barrels of westerncrude daily from Alberta and Saskatchewan to oilrefineries inEastern Canada.