The National Energy Board says it won't be holding any hearings into the Energy East pipeline project this week in Montreal following Monday's protest and calls for two commissioners to step down. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)But hearings will not resume until it has made a decision regarding two motions to recuse two of its panel members from the hearings, the NEB said. "There were serious doubts about the Energy East review from the get-go. 'Major perception problem'Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre called last week for the NEB hearings to be halted, saying the reports involving Charest created a "major perception problem" for the review board. The federal review board must decide whether to approve TransCanada's bid to build the 4,500-kilometre pipeline that would transport crude oil from Alberta to Eastern Canada.

Source: CBC News August 30, 2016 19:02 UTC