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Originally Posted by Thunderball
I don't necessarily agree, but I think the position is that the Federal Government has turned pipelines into more of a public good rather than a private enterprise. As such, no pipeline has a chance without a government behind it, and unfortunately, that means Alberta is going to bankroll and where necessary, use provincial powers to fight back (or deflect attention). Whether they can do it competently is another matter.
By Biden making this clearly political, he's inviting a claim through the WTO because its clearly political and discriminatory.
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Yeah that's a good point too, I remember reading that TC was getting set to sue the US over Keystone under NAFTA until Trump revived it. The back up plan I'm sure involves threats of litigation and various legal sundries so it makes sense not to articulate it now. Kenney and Savage seem to be pounding the "look how clearly beneficial this is to both countries" drum which is fine for now but it's weak sauce long term and clearly, clearly the Democrats won't listen to reason on this one. Hopefully our benevolent Federal government could also add pressure to a possible Biden administration.
In chapter 1,265,879 of what's made this decade long fight so frustrating, freaking Obama used the completion of Keystone phase 4 from the US oil hub of Cushing Oklahoma to the port of Nederland as a photo op. He did this around the same time as nixing Keystone XL as part of "climate responsibility". There was nothing about pipe running through Oklahoma and Texas that differentiated it from one through Montana South Dakota and Nebraska except the source of the oil and a dedicated campaign exerting influence. As mentioned on the previous page about the Norweigan fund, Canada's oil has become a convenient singled out punching bag. It's what happens when you act like a bunch of pansies and refuse to fight for your fair right to produce oil at high standards.