Evan Vokes News Today

>> i think we went and had an industry expert that went and solved an argument for us about whether or not we could see the welds on byes and pipeline, and he went and agreed that we couldnt see the roots of the welds, and he wrote a memo that said nobody from transcanada should be signing off on the pipeline, and i wrote an e-mail saying we should tell femsa. i think thats fairly important. we had a little meeting after that, and lets just say i didnt come out on the top of that meeting. and so...

Transcanadas arguments were released tuesday and filed with hundreds of thousands of other comments during the government public comment period, which, of course, ended on friday. the canadian national energy board has been looking into transcanadas safety record after a former employee raised concerns back in late 2012. evan vokes was the third whistle-blower on transcanada. he alleges they were using substandard welding practices and not inspecting the pipelines. he was a pipeline engineer. it...

Noncompliant in four areas. the report says transcanada has taken action to correct these issues. we reached out to transcanada about the allegations. heres what they said. mr. vokes has said many things, and when he raised concerns, we took them seriously. most of the items were already identified through normal review processes and steps were taken to address them, especially the ones of immediate concern. we also put action plans in place to improve processes for the future. transcanada has h...