Approaching the Biden administration on energy: don’t lead with Keystone

Canada-U.S. energy relations have fundamentally changed since the shale revolution, which makes an opening salvo to the Biden Administration on the Keystone XL Pipeline a dangerous move.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and then U.S.-vice president Joe Biden, pictured on Dec. 8, 2016, on the Hill. President-elect Biden committed to bring the U.S. back into the Paris agreement, to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 and to reduce the carbon intensity of the electricity sector. This aligns with Ottawa’s commitments. Collaborating on these issues could advance both countries’ energy and climate objectives.The Hill Times file photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY MONICA GATTINGER

December 3, 2020

A Biden administration represents opportunities and challenges for Canadian energy, but to be successful in its relations with Washington, Canada needs to think differently about how it approaches the U.S. Gone are the days when...

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