There's many people outside Alberta that prefer the fantasy that stopping pipelines is stopping GHG and pollution. There's an equally deluded Albertan contingent that thinks you can ram thru mega-projects against such determined, ideologically-based opposition by pointing out the economic benefits.
The oilsands are a symbol, opposing them is a war on what they are perceived to stand for, which is uncaring environmental destruction for profit. The only real way to win that war from the oilsands side is to find a more fitting symbol for people to hate. Until then, in Canada you'll have a choice of Conservatives pretending to expedite the pipelines, Liberals barely keeping up a pretense, or the NDP not even bothering to pretend.
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