Enbridge culture of safety?

Is there a lingering distrust of the Enbridge Operating Chiefs--- the folks in the Boardroom.

Look at what we heard during U.S. NTSB hearings after the (Enbridge) Kalamazoo,Michigan pipeline fiasco. http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/050/documents/p21799/81081E.pdf

The NTSB sums up “Although these deficiencies involved different elements of Enbridge’s operations, and

may appear unrelated, taken together they suggest a systemic deficiency in the company’s approach to safety; p.114”

What has Enbridge done to convince us that they’ll operate differently on the Northern Gateway pipeline ... two , ten , or 50 years hence?

Yes- there’s lot’s of talk in the ubiquitous Enbridge ads, from Janet Holder, about how ‘wonderful things will be’ on the new pipeline......but as another lady once said ‘WHERE’S the BEEF?

Management often will fall back onto an old ‘dodge’ , “we followed all the regulations and standards of the day” . However, ultimately, the ‘buck’ has to stop somewhere—if the Board was not responsible for the Kalamazoo, Michigan incident---then WHO WAS?

Leaders don’t follow standards, they set the standard—continually;during construction and thereafter.

I don’t know the ‘fix’ for Enbridge ‘public image’ ---but somehow we need to hear and see something convincing ; not from Janet Holder—but from the full Board of Directors—show us how you’ve changed your organization and ‘culture’.

I’m hoping to see an Operations Safety Epiphany by the Enbridge Board...I suggest that a Board affirmation that operations safety will be dealt with purposefully –as ‘a priority and continually’; would be welcomed by the decision makers and the public, even at this late date.