dion 1 Stéphane Dion held a Town Hall Meeting yesterday in North Bay.

The Liberal MP and former Environment Minister spoke about environmental issues with several residents. He says his big message was to show they economy and the environment are connected and instead of separating the two they should focus on bringing them together.

Dion also spoke about the Energy East Pipeline. He says the Liberals are not against pipelines, but only if they can be assured they are safe.

He says the current Federal Government has destroyed the ability to provide scientific assessments to make those decisions.

Dion says they need to find a way to build that up again.