Harper 'confident' Keystone pipeline to proceed
Oil workers head to Ottawa to talk to MPs about pipeline extension
The proposed extension would carry oilsands crude south from Alberta to refineries in Texas.
"It's hard for me to imagine that the eventual decision would be not to build that," Harper told Bloomberg Television on Wednesday.
"The economic case is so overwhelming," he said. "The number of jobs that would be created on both sides of the border is simply enormous."
"I'm confident it will be built," he said.
Harper also spoke of how Canada, as an "ultimate friend to the United States," is a reliable energy supplier because it doesn't "use oil or energy projects as strategic resources to achieve... foreign policy or political ends."
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Oil workers head to Ottawa to talk to MPs about pipeline extension
CBC News
Posted: Sep 22, 2011 6:57 AM E
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he is "confident" TransCanada's proposed Keystone XL pipeline will be built, but a major union says the government needs to consider whether the project serves Canadian interests.The proposed extension would carry oilsands crude south from Alberta to refineries in Texas.
"It's hard for me to imagine that the eventual decision would be not to build that," Harper told Bloomberg Television on Wednesday.
"The economic case is so overwhelming," he said. "The number of jobs that would be created on both sides of the border is simply enormous."
"I'm confident it will be built," he said.
Harper also spoke of how Canada, as an "ultimate friend to the United States," is a reliable energy supplier because it doesn't "use oil or energy projects as strategic resources to achieve... foreign policy or political ends."
read full story here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/09/22/pol-harper-keystone-us.html
