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A 8 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday October 1, 2003 Refinery workers union files protest with National Energy Board (Continued Irom page A1 ) officially notified o f the hearing even though its members should have been considered "interest ed" and "impacted" or "affected" parties. "We were never properly noti fied o f the original application nor o f the NEB hearings which led to the closure announce ment." said Huget. The union did monitor the hearing, which saw three days of testim ony delivered in Ottawa last June. "Being given official notice and official status is much differ ent than following it over the Internet," said Huget. "We think that the NEB quite simply failed to do its job proper ly and should reconvene to fully consider the impact o f the job losses on our mem bers and on the com m unity," said Huget. "The energy board has an obligation to identify those who are impacted by their decisions," he said. At issue are two concerns. The first is the socio-economic impact of the plant closing on its workers and the Oakville com munity. The second, said Huget, is the issue o f energy security. " If people in Oakville think it means getting a park the next afternoon, they're in for a rude awakening." · CEP administrative vice-president Bob Huget "There is the whole question of energy security which impacts on all Canadians from Alberta to Oakville. This decision and the resultant Petro Canada actions will m ake C anada needlessly dependent on foreign crude. It just makes no sense." said Huget. The CEP leader said that the original hearing was narrowly focused in that it didn't deal with "anything at either end o f the pipeline." T hat narrow focus was, according to Huget, "A clever w'ay to get around doing what should have been done." The plant closure decision will impact the Oakville com m u nity. said Huget. "If people in Oakville think it means getting a park the next afternoon they're in for a rude awakening." he said. Huget predicted increased storage operations and increased truck traffic. "It's not a simple matter of shutting the refinery down and having a park the next afternoon. It's far from that." he said. Relying on foreign crude will lead to price spikes at the pumps, predicted Huget. "We're optimistic the energy board will look at it (the review). It should have looked at these issues all along," said Huget. The CEP union leader charged that claims that w hat's seen to be good for the com pany being good for the consum er is really "a Technicolor dream." Huget said his union's mem bers who will face unemploy ment are highly skilled and will have a tough time finding work and replacing the level o f income they earned at Petro Canada. 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