this is mostly nonsense. the fraser institute is considerably to the right of the existing government, and does not influence it much at all. in fact, it's constantly attacking it for not adhering to market principles. i don't agree with the fraser institute's politics, but they are right to point out that stephen harper is a hypocrite and a fraud when it comes to pushing free market policies.

this is one example of a very typical fraser institute article about stephen harper:
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/research-news/news/commentaries/The-Harper-government-s-crony-capitalism/

further, the article is presented to make it seem like the customer in the end is the united states. this is entirely false. the various pipelines under consideration are all being built entirely for export to china.

this is the kind of conspiratorial, ignorant nonsense that belongs in the soft-left press, like the huffington post.