so, here's where i inject a dose of realism.
there's a reason our pipelines go through the united states, and it's not logistical. i'm going to stand with the governor of michigan here and not with my own federal government - the pipeline should be shut down. but, what that really means is that the pipeline will be re-routed, and canada will get cut-off.
....because that's what america does: it controls the supply of oil, and it spends trillions of dollars on wars in order to do it.
the lesson to canada is that it should have built it's own pipeline network. maybe if we had something like a national energy program, right?
eh?
but, that's not what the industry wanted - what the industry wanted was integration with the united states so they could set their own prices, and what they actually got was nafta, instead - a great deal for the yanks, but a lose-lose situation for both halves of canada, and a losing policy that just keeps on losing.
if you take a look at this map, it's easy to see what's going to happen if you eliminate line 5:
what they're going to do is just twin it to chicago, and probably end up exporting it.
then, voila - the eastern bastards can freeze in the dark. or, they can increase imports from biden's buddies, the saudis, which is what they mostly do, anyways.
but, once you get your head around the geopolitics (which the minister apparently doesn't understand), here's my take on it: instead of fighting this, we should use it as an incentive to quickly transition. i'm actually happy to reroute the oil away from here. let's take advantage of it....