For Trudeau, Life After Trump Is Off to a Rocky Start

Biden’s cancellation of Keystone XL upends Trudeau’s reset
Alberta calls for trade war after pipeline permit is revoked

Justin Trudeau
Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg

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By Kait Bolongaro and Robert Tuttle

January 21, 2021 at 12:50 AM UTC

Updated on

January 21, 2021 at 10:00 AM UTC

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President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL project has put Justin Trudeau in a no-win situation. He has no good options to retaliate. But a failure to fight back could fracture the unity of his own country.

Biden revoked the permit for TC Energy Corp.’s oil pipeline via executive order hours after his inauguration on Wednesday. The cross-border project would have transported more than 800,000 barrels a day from the western province of Alberta to Nebraska, and from there to U.S. refineries.