Will The Canadian Election End The Keystone XL Pipeline?

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Daily Caller:

Justin Trudeau is Canada’s new prime minister after leading the Liberal Party to a majority government win — which bodes ill for the Keystone XL pipeline.

 

Trudeau’s victory ends the decade-long rule of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper who supports Keystone XL. If approved by the Obama administration, Keystone will send oil sands from Alberta to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Trudeau supports Keystone XL, but the newly elected prime minister’s support may fold under pressure from the White House.

 

President Barack Obama claims environmental and global warming concerns are keeping him from approving the project — even though the Department of State concluded the pipeline won’t increase greenhouse gas emissions and will reduce oil spill risks. The State Department also noted Keystone XL will create more than 42,000 new jobs.

 

Despite the State Department’s findings, Obama vetoed legislation earlier this year to approve Keystone XL. Obama’s critics say he was pressured by environmentalist billionaire Tom Steyer to veto the project. Steyer spent $73 million in the 2014 election supporting Democratic candidates.

 

Trudeau may be pro-Keystone, but he’s more concerned with having good relations with the U.S. than an oil pipeline. Trudeau believes good relations with the U.S. should not hinge on Keystone’s approval. It’s unlikely Trudeau will openly criticize Obama over Keystone like Harper was keen to do. In fact, Trudeau’s Liberal Party is rabidly anti-Keystone.

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End of the dream?

 

[NowhereMan1966]

Well, that puts a kibosh on things, sadly. Trudeau got in because of his old man's name, in short, he is Canada's version of Jerry Brown. The sad thing is that most of Canada's electorate do not remember the mess his old man made of things in Canada. I do, but then again, I'm pushing 50 (born in 1966).

[Valin]

I recall reading that Justin Trudeau was a supporter of Keystone