The alternative is to ship it to the Canadian west coast and then on to China.
The aboriginals don't want that to happen and the Canadian courts back them up.
“The alternative is to ship it to the Canadian west coast and then on to China.”
No, the Greens in Canada, which includes most of the left, wants the oil sands shut down forever. Same story for mining. The recent rail protests, aka domestic terrorism, were all about stopping a pipeline to the West coast. The oilsands oil won’t be going anywhere if Biden is elected.