Great Things Being Predicted For Saint John

With the announcement of the pipeline and marine terminal, Premier David Alward says New Brunswick is poised to become an energy powerhouse with Saint John as the anchor.

Irving Oil President Paul Browning calls this the beginning of a new era for Saint John with the export of crude oil through the marine terminal. Browning also predicts there will be more opportunity in the future.

Fundy Royal M-P and federal cabinet minister Rob Moore says right now more than 80 per cent of crude oil deliveries to refineries in Atlantic Canada come from places like Saudi Arabia, Nigeria and Venezuela but that's going to change.