Toronto - Hollywood celebrities and prominent international voices against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline threaten Canada's "security" and hinder the government's goal of being the dominant energy supplier for North America, states a leading Canadian official.
Joe Oliver, Canada’s energy minister, is taking on critics of the proposed $7 billion pipeline planned to run from Alberta to refineries along the Texas Gulf coast. “Criticism of the oil sands - and now the proposed Keystone XL pipeline - is a major concern for us, with implications for our energy industry, our economy and our energy security,” Oliver told a Toronto business audience on Friday, according to Reuters.
