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Canadian prime minister doubtful Obama will approve Keystone pipeline
CANADIAN Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he is not hopeful that the United States will approve the northern leg of TransCanda Corp's controversial Keystone XL pipeline, Reuters reported.
Mr Harper told Bloomberg Television that if President Barack Obama did veto the project, which is currently under review, he was confident a future US administration would grant approval.
The US government - under pressure from environmentalists to block the pipeline - has repeatedly delayed a decision on Keystone XL, which would take crude from Canada's tar sands to US refineries.
"A positive decision has not been rendered for a very long time and that's obviously not a hopeful sign," Harper said, referring to what he called "the very peculiar politics of this particular administration".
Mr Harper has long publicly backed the pipeline and in 2011 called it "a no-brainer". The White House on Wednesday declined to provide an update on the review, which has been delayed for more than six years.
He also said that while Ottawa was concerned about high levels of domestic consumer debt, "we don't believe there's any data that suggests any kind of a pending crisis there."
Mr Harper told Bloomberg Television that if President Barack Obama did veto the project, which is currently under review, he was confident a future US administration would grant approval.
The US government - under pressure from environmentalists to block the pipeline - has repeatedly delayed a decision on Keystone XL, which would take crude from Canada's tar sands to US refineries.
"A positive decision has not been rendered for a very long time and that's obviously not a hopeful sign," Harper said, referring to what he called "the very peculiar politics of this particular administration".
Mr Harper has long publicly backed the pipeline and in 2011 called it "a no-brainer". The White House on Wednesday declined to provide an update on the review, which has been delayed for more than six years.
He also said that while Ottawa was concerned about high levels of domestic consumer debt, "we don't believe there's any data that suggests any kind of a pending crisis there."
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