When U.S. President Barack Obama spelled out his plans to fight climate change this week, most Canadian attention focused on a proposed Alberta-to-Texas pipeline. Certainly, the Keystone XL heavy oil pipeline is important. Both proponents and opponents of the Alberta oil sands have much riding on whether it goes ahead. Obama’s deliberately opaque references Tuesday gave few real clues But […]
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In Canada, Pipeline Remarks Stir Analysis – NYTimes.com
Perhaps it was his choice of words, but a small portion of President Obama’s speech about climate change on Tuesday has attracted a disproportionate amount of attention in Canada. At issue are his remarks about the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would send bitumen from Alberta’s oil sands to refineries on the Texas Gulf Coast. The pipeline requires presidential approval […]
College in Canada more appealing than ever for Americans?
As Canadian colleges cater to international students — for a variety of reasons — Americans are heading north for higher education. Since 2000, there has been a 50% increase in the number of U.S. students enrolling at Canadian colleges and universities When Alexie Rudman graduates from college in May 2015, the Rhode Island native is poised to find herself with […]
Five ways Canada can do better at trade negotiations – The Globe and Mail
Except when Canada was pursuing the free-trade agreement with the United States almost 30 years ago, there’s never been a time when the country’s trade negotiating agenda has been so highly charged. Not only are the Canada-European Union trade negotiations at a critical stage, there’s the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the continuing Canada-U.S. Beyond the Border (and regulatory co-operation) initiative and […]
Canada Confident Keystone XL Will Be Approved – ABC News
Canada’s natural resources minister said Tuesday he’s confident the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline project from Canada to Texas will be approved because it meets President Barack Obama’s requirement that it not lead to a significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Joe Oliver responded to Obama’s comments earlier Tuesday that the pipeline should be approved only if it does “not […]
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