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   . . . . At becoming prime minister of Canada.   
      
   The people of this country are very, very concerned about the oil   
   industry's push of their pipelines and oil extraction methods.   
   The majority want alternatives to oil fuels and oil products.  Justin   
   Trudeau, like Harper, is pushing for more pipelines and expanded oil   
   production from the tarsands.   
      
   This could well be the single issue that defines who may become the next   
   prime minister.  Environmental concerns rank higher than 'the economy'   
   for the majority of Canadians.  What we have here is another candidate   
   for leader who doesn't care what the majority of Canadians want.  Maybe   
   we're ready for a candidate who DOES care what the majority of Canadians   
   want?   
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     CBC News Posted: Oct 25, 2013 2:39   
      
      
   Justin Trudeau shares 'steadfast' Keystone XL support in D.C.   
      
      
   Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau concluded his first visit to the U.S.   
   capital on Friday after a series of meetings with White House officials   
   and others and following a panel discussion a day earlier where he   
   touted the benefits of building the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.   
      
   Trudeau appeared Thursday on a panel with Madeleine Albright, former   
   U.S. secretary of state, and Julia Gillard, Australia’s former prime   
   minister, at a conference hosted by the Centre for American Progress.   
      
   The Montreal MP said during the talk that he supports TransCanada’s   
   proposed pipeline that would carry crude oil from Alberta to refineries   
   on the Gulf Coast because it would be good for Canada and the U.S.   
      
   He acknowledged that his position may have surprised some in an audience   
   that would have included strong critics of the project.   
      
   â€œThere were some people who raised an eyebrow, absolutely,” Trudeau   
   told reporters on Friday. “I'm seen as a strong, young progressive   
   with an environmental background. The fact that I'd be talking   
   positively about the project I think got people thinking about the fact   
   that perhaps it's not as bad as it's been caricatured.”   
      
   Trudeau added that the pipeline is “an important energy   
   infrastructure” for both countries, will be good for the Canadian   
   economy and that it must be done in a sustainable and properly regulated   
   way.   
      
      
   Support for Keystone is 'steadfast'   
      
   A decision on whether the controversial Keystone XL pipeline can go   
   ahead is currently in the hands of U.S. President Barack Obama and   
   it’s not clear when he will make it. Ministers in Harper’s cabinet   
   have made multiple trips to Washington in recent years to lobby for its   
   approval.  Alberta Premier Alison Redford is also a frequent visitor.   
      
   Now Trudeau has added his voice to the Canadian contingent of Keystone   
   backers who push for its approval while in Washington. “My support for   
   Keystone is steadfast,” he said while talking on a street near the   
   Canadian Embassy.   
      
   Not far away there is a bus shelter with an anti-Keystone poster   
   designed by Canadian Franke James in it. James was recently in the city   
   along with Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki for a panel discussion   
   sponsored by the Natural Resources Defence Council. They urged the Obama   
   administration to reject Keystone.   
      
   Many environmentalists are opposed to the pipeline and some Americans   
   are against it because they say it won’t create all the jobs its   
   proponents say it will and is more in Canada’s interest than in   
   America’s. Trudeau, however, said the U.S. will benefit from the pipeline.   
   US Trudeau   
      
   Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau arrives to speak to reporters during his   
   first official visit to Washington on Friday. (Susan Walsh/Associated Press)   
      
   â€œThere are lots of American jobs involved and there's lots of   
   opportunities for the United States as well,” he said. “There are   
   many Americans who support Keystone as well, so I'm not particularly   
   worried about it being an unbalanced deal. It's just part of a   
   longstanding working friendship between our two countries.”   
      
   While Trudeau is in favour of the Keystone pipeline, he’s not   
   supportive of the proposed Northern Gateway project that would transport   
   oil from Alberta to British Columbia’s coast. “They are very, very   
   different proposals,” the Liberal leader said. Keystone, for example,   
   has been signed off on by Canada’s energy board while the Northern   
   Gateway line would mean bigger risks to more ecologically sensitive   
   areas and to people in B.C. who rely on the water for their livelihoods,   
   he said.   
      
   "It's important that we get our resources to market, but it's also   
   important that we understand that it's not just up to governments to   
   grant permits anymore. We have to get communities to grant permission   
   and that's something that we need to spend more time focusing on,"   
   Trudeau said.   
   Inaugural trip to D.C.   
      
   He was also asked about the Senate scandal dominating politics back home   
   and said he is “very proud” of the motion put forward by his   
   party’s leader in the upper chamber, James Cowan.  He said it would   
   encourage an open hearing.   
      
   â€œI’m not being overly controversial when I say I believe in the rule   
   of law and due process and I think that's important that we continue to   
   fight for," said Trudeau.   
      
   But when asked about the government’s budget bill that could curtail   
   some federal workers’ right to strike, Trudeau wouldn’t bite. He   
   would only say that he supports collective bargaining and unions   
   generally and that he didn’t want to criticize Harper while abroad.   
   There is a traditional protocol in politics, that when followed,   
   involves politicians not criticizing their country's government while   
   outside their borders.   
      
   â€œI feel that when I'm on a foreign trip, on foreign soil, my primary   
   role is as a representative of Canada and a representative of the   
   Canadian people and I try not to be too critical,” Trudeau said.   
      
   Trudeau has travelled to more than 80 countries but had never been to   
   Washington. He met with White House officials including Gene Sperling,   
   director of the National Economic Council, and Jason Furman, who   
   chairs the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, during his visit.   
      
   One of his goals on the trip was to build relationships that will be   
   important in the years to come, Trudeau said, as he works toward a   
   bigger goal – becoming prime minister.   
      
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