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on June 12, 2014 in World News

Canada Tries Turning Up Heat on Obama as Keystone Stalled

Canada Tries Turning Up Heat on Obama as Keystone Stalled Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government, which has failed to persuade President Barack Obama to approve TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s Keystone XL, moved yesterday to turn up the heat on the U.S. administration. Finance Minister Joe Oliver, Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford and Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird traveled to New York this week, arguing in media interviews and at an energy conference that Obama has unfairly entangled the $5.4 billion pipeline with U.S. politics. According to Oliver, Canada’s intention is is to keep the issue alive with the U.S. public… View Article

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