Canada should forget about Keystone XL and look beyond the U.S. GlobeDebate
In this April 13, 2020, photo provided by TC Energy, a pipe storage yard with material for construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline is seen at a staging area along the U.S.-Canada border north of Glasgow, Montana. U.S.Jeff Kucharski is an adjunct professor at Royal Roads University in Victoria. He is the author of the MLI report titled “
There is every reason to believe that as president, Mr. Biden would do just that. He doubled down on his comments this week, saying he’s been against Canada’s “tar sands” from the beginning; as vice-president in the Obama administration, he supported blocking the project in 2015. He also needs the backing of the environmental lobby in the Democratic Party, and stopping Keystone will win him that much-needed support. At the moment, Mr. Biden is leading President Donald Trump in national polls.
Countries in the Indo-Pacific are all but begging for Canadian energy, and supplying this region is the primary goal of the Trans Mountain pipeline under construction. But to replace the capacity lost from the Keystone XL project, Canada would need to build another pipeline or two to get our oil to global markets. That sounds especially daunting given the state of pipeline politics in this country; look no further than the failed Northern Gateway and Energy East projects for proof.
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