More Canadian oil will go to China at the higher transportation costs then. There’s also the indefinite situation with Iran having nukes. Have fun with the higher fuel prices for years and years, thank the socialist NIMBYs of both political parties (mostly pensioners and local government employees) for keeping fuel prices up. Their “property values” take precedence over your property rights, and now, oil availability for our country. They own all that they see.
Yes, there’s little doubt that China is sitting back waiting for Obama to side with our enviro-nuts and nix this, the pipeline will then be built to the Canadian coast.