Trudeau must choose between Keystone XL and Canada’s climate commitments

It’s time for Canada’s federal government to face the facts—KXL is incompatible with Canada’s climate commitments. The prime minister should take a stand and withdraw his unqualified support for KXL.

Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump revived KXL and TransCanada is set to re-file its application. But rather than aligning himself with Mr. Trump on KXL, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured, and his government must evaluate the project’s merits in 2017, not 2010. Here’s why. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

January 30, 2017

TORONTO—You can’t have your cake and eat it, too. That’s the stark reality Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has to face on Keystone XL. Last week, the federal government emphatically welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s revival of TransCanada’s Keystone XL (KXL) pipeline, while backtracking...

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