Damn, Harper, take a chill pill and back off a bit!
(...a final decision on the Keystone XL pipeline will come by February 21, 2012...)
No, Harper is doing the right thing by taking care of his country’s needs first and foremost. That is his job.
It doesn’t mean that my country won’t sell oil to you guys, if by February, 2012, Obama finally gives approval to the Keystone pipeline.
But Canada, like every other country in the world, shouldn’t have to put it’s economic future on hold while another country (any country) plays politics with itself before coming to a decision.
I’d feel the same, if it were the other way. If America had a product to sell Canada and the Canadian political parties were playing politics amongst themselves. I wouldn’t blame the US for not putting any part of its economic future on hold while waiting for Canada to work it out.
At some point, a decision has to be made.
Just watch: soon we’ll be buying oil from China...that was purchased from Canada, shipped to China, refined, shipped back to the U.S., that Canada originally wanted to sell us.
I’ll rate that a 7/10 as far as methods to destroy this nation go.
I'm pretty sure Harper won't fly home with a sealed deal, but, hey, this is what negotiations look like.
No reason he should play the Canadian supplicant and roll over and wait, either.
Regarding Keystone, Harper would be derelict if he did not pursue the Northern Gateway (Edmonton-Kitimat) pipeline. You say "chill out". I say, take Obama at his word. Keystone should have been approved YEARS ago. What guarantee does Canada have that Keystone will be approved in February? Or March? Or this year at all? And if Obama is re-elected? What then? Sorry Phil, Canada has to look out for itself. Our strong friend, ally and trading partner for over a century has turned down our proposal to build a pipeline to supply you with secure, uninterpretable oil. Okay, we have to look at alternatives.
If you lived where I do, across from Detroit, Michigan, you would see another infrastructure project that the Americans are dithering on. There has been a proposal to build a new bridge across the Detroit River for various security and economic reasons, plus the old bridge is 83 years old. A new bridge has been approved by all the agencies in Canada. The approach highway is being built. The Canadian government has offered the state of Michigan $650 million to build the infrastructure on the US side. Payments will be made out of tolls. No taxpayer liability is involved, just like Keystone. And like Keystone, the project is stalled on the US side.
With that kind of track record, what do you expect?
Damn, Harper, take a chill pill and back off a bit!
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It’s their oil and money talks while Obama BS walks.
The Chinese deal will be for the Chinese to build (and pay for) a pipeline to the Pacific and the port facilities to ship the oil in Chinese ships. It will be for more than the 700,000 barrels/day that was going to be the Keystone deal. Obama will have all of the Alberta oil locked up tight by the ChiComs. Obama is a chump as are the idiots who voted for him.
Why should we sell to only one country? Makes sense to put your eggs in more than one basket, right?