Building An Association "One Member at a Timeo'

Saskatchewan Association of Pipeline Landowners Inc.

2007 Year in Review

1) Jan. 19 - Decision was made to form an association to be in a better position tonegotiate with Enbridge on the new "Alberta Clipper"

2) J an. 29, 30, 3 I o & Feb l, 2----Or ganizational meetings across S askatchewan.Kipling, Vibank, Craik, Loreburn, Outlook, Rosetown, Luseland---target 60 members.

3) Feb. 24. -CBC TV News Regina- 6:00 p.m. ----100 SAPL members

4) Mar. 6. --Registration and incorporation of SAPL

5) Apr. 2 --Membership drive across Saskatchewan - Manitoba Pipeline LandownerAssociation (MPLA) (185 members) invite SAPL to join them as interveners in SouthemLights & Alberta Clipper pipelines.

Manitoba raised over $400,000 cash to retain Cohen Highley lawyers. Then they lookedwest to Saskatchewan and invited SAPL to join MPLA and reach intervener status withthem. SAPL only needed to raise $125,000 - $60,000 was raised and then Ontariolandowners, who know the risk and process, puts up the rest for SAPL retainer so that wecan reach intervener status on the Southem Lights/Alberta Clipper Pipelines.

6) May 14 --Official intervener status with MPLA. SAPL -129 landowners registeredwith Enbridge and National Energy Board CNEB).

7) May 30 -SAPL directors invited to Consort, Alberta to speak to landowners alongTranscanada Keystone Line about organizing. SAPL was inviting Alberta landownerswith Enbridge on their land to join SAPL.

Alberta landowners were offered $3000-$3500.00 per quarter section the Keystonecrosses. No trenching fee and no crop loss payment paid in advance. No issues ofcrossing regulations, abandonment and cleanup addressed. All organizational meetingslobbying for "trenching fee" on all classes of land. Lobbying in Manitoba andSaskatchewan with National Energy Board-trenching fee.

8) Jul. 3l--Brandon meeting with SAPL/MPLA and CAPLA for the first time.9) Aug.l --Brandon meeting with Enbridge. SAPL (143) landowners.

o Linear trenching bonus introduced for first time @$22.00 per linear metre.. Lobbying for abandonment and cleanup of old lines.o Deeper depth of cover on new pipelineso Blanket liability lifted for landowners crossing the pipelines on their own land

with farm equipment.

. Integnty dig agreement.

10) Sept. - Membership drive Regina to Manitoba border

11) Sept.l8 -Negotiation meeting in Regina. SAPL (187 landowners)

o linear trenching fee raised to $35.00 per linear metreo Six year crop loss paid in advance

12) Sept. _ Late month membership drive Regina to Alberta border.'

SAPL (220 lapdowners) Early October with l0 Alberta landowners joining SAPL.o Land agents approaching landowners in Saskatchewan offering 522.00 per linear

metre, lower easement acre, workspace and no crop loss six years in advance.Landowners at that time excited about what they were being offered.

13) Oct. 12- Negotiation team felt this is as far as they could go with Enbridge at thistime without loosing all and going to a certificate hearing in front of the National EnergyBoard.

l4) Settlement agreements at Wawota, Vibank, Loreburn, Luseland and Rosetown onOctober 17,18,19. - SAPL membership keeps growing by Oct. 19 SAPL (240

landowners).

l5) Collected settlement agreements for those landowners that couldn't make themeetings.16) SAPL president invited to speak with OPLA, MPLA, CAPLA and AAPL at theAlberta surface rights in Camrose, Alberta, Nov. 8. The NEB and CEPA (pipelineassociation) were present.

17) Enbridge asked for SAPL/MPLA to bring in all members to sign easement agreements(addendums) and receive bonuses before Dec 31. Meetings held across SaskatchewanDec 2 -11 .

SAPL membership now 265-270 landowners

First Annual Meeting of SAPL - Friday, Feb. 29, 2008"Winter Room" at the Travelodge, Regina, Sk. - l:00 P.M.

1 -3 06-5 86-3 443 for reservationsSupper @ 6:00 P.M. - $20.00/person

Guest Speaker: David Core, President, CAPLAPlease RSVP to Irene Hopkins or Ken Habermehl

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This has !o be one of the best Christmas's landowners have had in years. Because of the faithand trusiwe have Shown each other, landowners were able to negotiate with Enbridge pipelines,agreements on key issues that have never been addressed in the last 55 years. As a result ofyour courage, the National Energy Board has alSo announced the Land Matters ConsultationInitiative, a forum to address landowner issues, hopefully teading to regulatory change onabandonment, abandonment funding, crossing regulations, funding for hearing participation and amyriad of other issues, We must be at the table; we must continue to spread the word on yoursuccesses and continue to organize across Canada to get the industry and government to listen.That is the task ahead, we must stay organized to have a voice, we must continue to expand sothat they have to listen and we need finances to be heard.

The Ontario Pipeline Landowners Asbociation organized and began our endeavors in 1993 andas a result of those efforts we were able to pull together the Canadian Alliance of PipelineLandowners'Associations in 2C00, representing small associations from Ontario andManitoba. Landowners in Ontario raised substantial funds to initiate our Class Action Lawsuit, forcompensation on the rights stolen from us through the enactment of Section 112 of the NEB Act(30 meter control zone and new restrictions on our easement). As you know, 2 years ago, JusticeMcDonald agreed with the pipeline companies, that landowners have no riqhts or remediesoutside of the NEB Act and said we could not proceed. On December 18,2007 , we appeqled thatruling and hopefully the three judges may have a different opinion, we will know soon. I am'confident that Canadian pipeline landdwners do have Rights and Remedies and each one of us,will stand up for those rights and demand remedies.

The National Energy Board and the Federal Governmeni did not recognize or take our issuesseriously until Manitoba; Saskatchewan and Alberta landowners organized and participated inrecent pipeline applications. Your support of CAPLA has been integral to landowners being heardand being taken seriously. The industry hopes we will all sit back on our laurels, and things willreturn to the way it was before, but I know you have seen what can be accomplished byorganizing. CAPLA is now truly natiortal, but it is a continuing battle to be heard as the CanadianEnergy Pipeline Association continues to try and convince the government that CAPLA does notrepresent the true feelings of landowners and landowners do not have a voice.

You have turned this industry upside down and with the many pipeline proposals, our work hasonly begun. Your recent agreement was a big step, but your next agreement needs to be muchbetter. Obviously by working the way we have this past year we all truly know what the Christmasspirit is all a.bout and so let's have a party and celebrate our future achievements in the coming' years. This is an unbelievable story and it is about the pioneer spirit. Merry Christmas and manyHappy New Years.

.David CorePresident & CEOCanadian Alliance of Pipeline Landowners' Associations (CAPLA)3122 Douglas StreetCamlachie, OntarioNON 1EOTel. & Fax (519)869-4124Cel. (519)464-2650drcore@xcelco.on.ca

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