REPORT: Canadian Leader Ready To Work With Trump To Resurrect Keystone XL Pipeline

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From the Washington Free Beacon: Danielle Smith, the premier of Alberta, Canada, said Tuesday that she would like to restart conversations with Trump administration officials about reapproving the Keystone XL oil pipeline or permitting additional Canada-United States oil pipelines.

Smith is prepared to leverage her own authority and work with President Donald Trump on the issue, she told the Washington Free Beacon in a Tuesday interview. Her government is seeking to double its oil and gas production, she said, which means the province will need additional pipeline infrastructure to transport that product to its destination.

“I think there’s a number of different projects we could look at that go cross-border, north and south,” Smith said. “What I would propose is—are there ways that we can look at increasing pipeline access, perhaps some new routes or perhaps some new proposals on existing routes?”

“And I think that would match with the speed with which this administration wants to move,” she continued. “So, whether it’s a Keystone 2.0 or something else, I’m looking forward to starting those conversations in earnest once the interior secretary is sworn in.”

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The report notes that renewing Keystone XL’s federal approval or fast-tracking permits for additional oil pipelines could kickstart that Trump’s plans to expand energy infrastructure and fulfill his promise to make America energy independent.

Joe Biden had revoked a key permit for the Keystone Pipeline and cancelled all construction of the pipeline on his first day in office, January 20, 2021, resulting in the loss of thousands of jobs.

The US Oil & Gas Association posted the following statement:

US Oil & Gas Association’s statement on the signing of the Presidential Executive Orders relating to energy and climate:

“2021 to 2024 was the single most challenging regulatory and legislative environment in our industry’s 160-year history. During that time, the Biden Administration took over 250 individual actions designed to end the production and use of fossil fuels – over one action per week.

Despite everything they threw at us, with support from the American people, we defeated them.

Now the hard work begins.

We are excited with the actions the President is taking. These Executive Orders are the first steps in unraveling four years of misguided, economically illiterate energy policy.

In return, we promise to do our part to provide clean, affordable reliable energy in a responsible manner and end energy poverty for American families.

We welcome the federal government to be our primary partner again – rather than our primary adversary.”

On Monday, Smith released the following statement on social media:

Alberta is pleased to see that today President Donald Trump has decided to refrain from imposing tariffs on Canadian goods at this time as they study the issue further.

We appreciate the implied acknowledgement that this is a complex and delicate issue with serious implications for American and Canadian workers, businesses and consumers given the integration of our markets along with our critical energy and security partnership.

Avoiding tariffs will save hundreds of thousands of Canadian and American jobs across every sector. As an example, declining to impose U.S. tariffs on Canadian energy will preserve the viability of dozens of U.S. refineries and facilities that upgrade Alberta crude and the tens of thousands of Americans employed by them.

Despite the promising news today, the threat of U.S. tariffs is still very real. As a country, we need to immediately take the following steps to preserve and strengthen our economic and security partnership with the United States, and to avoid the future imposition of tariffs:

1. Focus on diplomacy and refrain from further talk of retaliatory measures including export tariffs or cutting off energy to the U.S.. Having spoken with the President, as well as dozens of Governors, Senators, members of Congress and allies of the incoming administration, I am convinced that the path to a positive resolution with our U.S. allies is strong and consistent diplomacy and working in good faith towards shared priorities. The worst possible response to today’s news would be the Federal Government or Premiers declaring “victory” or escalating tensions with unnecessary threats against the United States;

2. Negotiate ways to increase what Canadians and Americans buy from one another. As an example, the United States should look at purchasing more oil, timber and agricultural products from Canada, while Canada should look at purchasing more gas turbines, military equipment and the computer hardware needed to build our growing A.I. data centre sector. Finding ways to increase trade in both directions will be critical to achieving a win-win for both countries;

3. Double down on border security. Within the next month, all border provinces should either by themselves, or in partnership with the federal government, deploy the necessary resources to secure our shared border from illegal drugs and migration;

4. Announce a major acceleration of Canada’s 2% of GDP NATO target. This is clearly a shared priority that benefits both of our nations. There is no excuse for further delay;

5. Crack down on immigration streams and loopholes that are known to permit individuals hostile to Canada and the United States to enter our country, and restore immigration levels and rules to those under former Prime Minister Stephen Harper; and

6. Immediately repeal all federal anti-energy policies (production cap, CERs, C-69) and fast track northern gateway and energy east projects pre-approvals.

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