Silver lining: Biden's scrapping of Keystone pipeline allows Canada's Trudeau to move on
JANUARY 20, 202112:53 PMUPDATED AN HOUR AGO
By Steve Scherer
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OTTAWA (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden’s move to scrap the Keystone XL oil pipeline, while a blow to Canada’s energy sector, is a blessing in disguise for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is eager to embrace the new administration, two sources familiar with the matter said.
Biden will rescind the permit to build the pipeline on Wednesday, aides said, killing the $8 billion project to pump oil sands crude from Alberta to Nebraska.
“At first glance this is bad news... but at least now the matter is settled and won’t be souring bilateral relations for months to come,” a diplomatic source from a major allied country said.
“Canada hasn’t had to expend any serious political capital with the Biden administration on the pipeline and can now focus on the many other areas where Trudeau feels the two nations should cooperate,” the source said.
Trudeau was the first world leader to congratulate Biden when after the November election, and hopes to be the first to meet with him in a bid to turn the page on the Donald Trump era, when relations between the two countries were often turbulent.
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