The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday, June 17, edition that Enbridge's proposed Northern Gateway pipeline project has spurred fierce national debate. The Globe's Kelly Cryderman writes that on Monday, forces for and against the $6.5-billion project will gather at a hotel in Terrace, B.C. The Monday gathering marks the beginning of two weeks of final arguments before the joint review panel withdraws to write a report that will recommend for or against the project. The report, due by the end of year, will help shape a federal cabinet decision on whether to approve the project. But even Ottawa's nod, if eventually granted, could simply mean the beginning of years of legal appeals by first nations and environmental groups trying to stop the project. Northern Gateway lies at the centre of broader debates about treaty rights, the relationship between provinces and whether oil supertanker traffic will become part of the view in the coastal city of Kitimat, B.C. Haisla First Nation chief councillor Ellis Ross says, "The risks are too high for the Kitimat region as well as the other first nations regions." Northern Gateway Pipelines Inc. will speak for two hours on Monday.