Q&A with Canadian opponent of Keystone (Market Watch)

February 6, 2012

By Ronald D. Orol

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Not everyone in Canada supports the proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to the U.S. and to the British Columbia coast.

Claude Gravelle, vice chair of the Canadian Parliament’s Natural Resources Committee and a member of the official opposition party in Canada, the left-leaning New Democratic Party, spoke to MarketWatch about how the exporting of Canadian oil could translate into oil spills, environmental costs and lost Canadian jobs.

Gravelle, a member of parliament from the Nickel Belt riding in Ontario, talked about his controversial meetings with U.S. lawmakers, problems with China’s human rights record and his dispute with Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s take on how to bring financial security to Canadians.

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