Trudeau welcomes Trump's Keystone XL decision

[Jose Garcia]

Source: CBC News

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is strongly in favour of Donald Trump's decision to green-light the Keystone XL pipeline project, a move he says will be a boon for Canadian jobs and government coffers, and help a hobbled Alberta recover from the steep decline in oil prices.

Trudeau said he has spoken to the new U.S. president twice, and on both occasions he pressed upon him Canada's steadfast support for the $8-billion project, which could carry more than 800,000 barrels of Alberta oil a day to refineries in Texas.

"I reiterated my support for the project. I've been on the record for many years supporting [Keystone XL] because it leads to economic growth and good jobs for Albertans," he told reporters assembled in Calgary for the federal cabinet retreat.

"We know we can get our resources to market more safely and responsibly while meeting our climate change goals," he said, adding Premier Rachel Notley's hard cap on oilsands emissions will ensure Canada meets its reduction targets.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-cabinet-keystone-xl-1.3949754

[OKNancy]

1. Word is from Oklahoma ( where I live)

They aren't going to build it, at least not now. It's not needed is what I hear from people in the oil business here.

[Jose Garcia]

5. I think that the plan is to gain approval, and then build it once oil prices rise again

[leftynyc]

2. I've heard Canada

is NOT going to be happy with the provision that says they must use US steel for the pipeline. I want someone to ask the degenerate why we're spending money to build a pipeline to sell the oil offshore when we could put it towards energy independence right here.

[DK504]

4. And the Canadians had a referendum

to make sure their pipeline went through Canada, becasue, you know the enviromental damage it will cause in Canada just can't happen. Let's ignore the fact that this pipline being built is longer than what should have gone through Canada.

I could not give a shit if they are happy. This pipeline has caused peoples homes and land being taken from, it's already distructive accidents in the First Nations land and where are the enviomental studies, the cost of building this piece of crap? Where are the safety inspectors to make sure this shit doesn't spoil the Peoples land or the buffalo runs.

Sweet jesus, Trudeau is pissed? To damn bad. This has already polluted out lands.

[leftynyc]

6. Are you Canadian?

I would be interested in your perspective from that point of view. Alberta has been hit quite badly with the drop in oil prices and they were always very libertarian about things (almost married an Edmontonian decades ago. At this point, we can only minimize the damage.

[TexasBushwhacker]

7. I would be surprised if the US steel requirement is enforceable

The biggest foreign leaseholders of the Canadian tar sands are the Koch brothers.

[FairWinds]

3. As an alternative route, the Canadian government . .

wanted to build a pipeline through leftist British Columbia.

BC told them to cram it.

Shame on Trudeau and the rest of those bullies from up north.