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   Jason Kenney is once again trying to use Trudeau to reach into the pockets of   
   all Canadian taxpayers to cover his losses.   
   This time for his gamble on the Keystone pipeline.   
      
   The cards were against him before he laid down BILLIONS of Albertan taxpayer   
   dollars. Now he wants *everyone* in Canada to cover his bad bet.   
      
   Take a hike, loser. Know when to hold 'em; know when to fold 'em and know when   
   to walk away.   
      
   'Gambling is the great leveller.'   
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   CBC News · Posted: Jan 22, 2021   
      
   In letter to PM, Kenney calls for consequences or compensation over Keystone   
   XL cancellation   
      
   Letter comes 1 day after other premiers pressured Ottawa to push back on what   
   they called dangerous precedent   
      
   Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is repeating his calls for economic retaliation   
   for the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline, or at least some   
   compensation for TC Energy and the province for the loss of billions of   
   dollars.   
      
   In a letter to the Prime Minister, Kenney accuses Justin Trudeau of failing   
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   to advocate for the project.   
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   "By retroactively revoking the presidential permit for this project without   
   taking the time to discuss it with their longest standing ally, the United   
   States is setting a deeply disturbing precedent for any future projects and   
   collaboration between our    
   two nations," the letter reads.   
      
   "The fact that it was a campaign promise makes it no less offensive. Our   
   country has never surrendered our vital economic interests because a foreign   
   government campaigned against them."   
      
   Kenney proposes his government join Ottawa in pushing for shared climate goals   
   that mirror the integrated North American energy system.   
      
   'Proportional economic consequences'   
      
   Repeating calls he made in the immediate wake of the announcement, Kenney   
   urged Justin Trudeau to seek "proportional economic consequences" for the   
   decision.   
      
   "At the very least, I call upon the government of Canada to press the U.S.   
   Administration to compensate TC Energy and the Government of Alberta for   
   billions of dollars of costs incurred in the construction of Keystone XL to   
   date."   
      
   Kenney said the cancellation is a clear violation of the investor-protection   
   provisions of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Trade Agreement.   
      
   Trudeau's government has repeatedly said that it supports the project and has   
   made that clear to the new U.S. administration, but both the Prime Minister   
   and Canada's ambassador to the U.S. have said it is time to respect the   
   decision and move on.   
      
   Speaking on Friday morning, Trudeau reiterated his disappointment in the   
   cancellation and said he would raise the issue during his phone call with U.S.   
   President Joe Biden scheduled for later in the day.   
      
   "Obviously the decision on Keystone XL is a very difficult one for workers in   
   Alberta and Saskatchewan who've had many difficult hits," he said.   
      
   "Over the past years we have been there for them and we will continue to be   
   there for them and I will express my concern for jobs and livelihoods in   
   Canada, particularly in the west, directly in my conversation with president   
   Biden."   
      
   Trudeau stressed he and the new president are on the same wavelength on   
   fighting climate change and middle-class job creation, as well as the "values   
   of Canadians."   
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   NDP demands details of the deal   
      
   Alberta's opposition NDP, however, blamed Kenney for the current situation,   
   saying he was combative and continues to be so when the situation calls for   
   diplomacy.   
      
   Energy critic Kathleen Ganley said the Alberta government gambled away at   
   least $1.5 billion in taxpayer money on the deal but refuses to release   
   details about the investment.   
      
   "Albertans still don't know exactly how much we are on the hook for. The   
   premier has said that it's around $1.5 billion in equity and construction   
   costs, but that number could grow."   
      
   She said the NDP would formally request that details of the deal with TC   
   Energy to be released at an upcoming meeting of the public accounts committee.   
      
   "The UCP members of that committee will have to make a decision," Ganley said.   
   "Will they stand up for the public interest and make these documents public or   
   will they vote to keep the details of this deal a secret from the public and   
   prevent legislative    
   oversight?"   
   Setting a precedent?   
      
   James Coleman, an expert on energy law at Southern Methodist University in   
   Dallas, also sees Biden's move as setting a precedent that could endanger   
   other projects should the president decide that he wants to shut them down as   
   environmental groups urge.   
      
   "One thing we just don't know is will President Biden go along with that   
   agenda of shutting down existing pipelines, or is this sort of the high   
   watermark of his anti-pipeline actions?" Coleman said in an interview with CBC   
   News.   
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   She said other pipelines could still face challenges in the U.S., but not   
   because of the Keystone XL decision this week.   
      
   Keystone XL layoffs   
      
   The 1,897-kilometre Keystone XL pipeline, first announced in 2005, would have   
   carried 830,000 barrels of crude a day from the oilsands in Alberta to   
   Nebraska. It would then have connected with the original Keystone pipeline   
   that runs to U.S. Gulf Coast    
   refineries.   
      
   U.S. President Joe Biden's revoking of the permit was part of a series of   
   executive orders aimed at tackling climate change that also included   
   re-entering the Paris climate accord.   
      
   The Alberta government agreed last year to invest about $1.5 billion as equity   
   in the project, plus billions more in loan guarantees.   
      
   As a result, the Canadian leg of the project has been under construction for   
   several months with about 1,000 workers in southeast Alberta.   
      
   On Thursday, TC Energy said it would be laying off those 1,000 workers.   
      
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