There are significant concerns surrounding the travel industry as new air terminals, powered by electric-vehicle technology, are being built and examined in California.
There are also concerns over possible restrictions on e-shoulder bags and the use of personal security screening devices on boarding passes.
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New flight routes to Asia and the Middle East will also be proposed.
In the future, Californians may not be able to fly on flights from L.A./Ontario International Airport when Enbridge opens a new terminal in southern Ontario. Initially, the terminal is planned to include 110 new jobs and the help to create 1,000 jobs in the Ontario area. But Ontario leaders now hope to present the airport to potential foreign investors.
Through the next 15 years, Enbridge Canada (Enbridge) is promising to spend $3.6 billion on its Ontario facilities, in building a 472-kilometer route that will ship as much as 500,000 barrels per day, enough to fill 36 tankers, across Canada and into the United States. It plans to build the new pipeline in phases, starting in 2019 and complete by 2020. That construction effort will also increase demand in the travel industry and the pressure for Ontario’s First Nations and Southern Ontario residents to have a stake in the project.
“For a facility that stands as a testament to the investment by Enbridge in Ontario, Ontario’s economy, and all Canadians, it is both disappointing and hypocritical that the company’s mainline Canada pipeline options in Ontario are held up in uncertain regulatory review,” said Laurie Straight, National President, Unifor.
“A review that should deliver a resounding ‘yes’ to this pipeline is instead making it more difficult than ever to keep flights flowing to Ontario as winter approaches,” she added.
Officials are also citing several inconveniences that will emerge during the construction as a reason for allowing Enbridge to travel through.
As of Monday, there were about 711 proposed routes for the pipeline going across up to 25 First Nations communities, more than a dozen remote communities, state and federal government properties and miles of federal-owned or military land.
A December draft federal report supported Enbridge’s route and impact on areas the company may need to clean up. The more controversial alternative proposed by Anishinabek Nation was rejected in the report.
While thousands of protesters cheered the Obama administration when it gave Enbridge the green light, President Trump reversed course and told the company to build through.
The move was primarily influenced by Trump’s belief that job creation is a key part of American prestige, said Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
“I do believe that the change of administrations in D.C. is a business decision, not a political decision,” Rieckhoff said. “We have a workforce that can take advantage of this project and pass it on to the next generation.”
“This is a jobs project,” said Mike Pyle, president of Energy in Depth, a non-profit that researches and promotes domestic energy. “The government reviews everything like the Feds review wine or any product on the market,” Pyle said. “This project will create jobs for millions of people when it comes online.”
White House officials did not respond to requests for comment.
“The Trump administration is looking to cut the red tape and speed things up,” said Pyle. “California state and municipal agencies shouldn’t have the right to require these projects to pay them a share of the benefits. Maybe they should be collecting taxes or state fuel taxes and pay their own way.”
Also, Pyle said some airports, especially international ones, will face problems with regulations when the new lines become operational.
“It’s going to be very time consuming and complex,” Pyle said. “People are going to have to get up to speed.”
The LA/Ontario route will begin in southern Alberta and travel through British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Manitoba, Ontario, and finally into Montreal.