Trudeau Trip: Energy and Leadership Position

trudeau trip: This is nation building: bringing western and eastern Canada closer together, and developing a vast natural resource in the interest of Canadians, says Mulroney, according to CTV. Mulroney said Trudeau had to take a stronger leadership position on the issue. "Only the prime minister can provide the leadership to fix the problem with our pipelines." He was also dismissive of protesters at this week National Energy Board hearings into the Energy East pipeline in Montreal, saying it was small beer compared to the protests we encountered during the free trade agreement and with GST. His view on Energy East was echoed by interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose, who said the success of Trudeau trip to China depended on his pipeline policy. "If isn't going to listen to British Columbians about LNG and the rest of Canada about how important our energy sector is, I hope he listens to the Chinese because they want those commodities, and they want that energy infrastructure built," said Ambrose. Mulroney told Evan Solomon of CTV Question Period that Trudeau could have a nation building exercise that would then allow him to service the Chinese and others more beneficially for Canada," if Energy East and other pipelines are built. It was a striking comment coming from a Conservative leader, especially after her party had attacked Trudeau during the election for his flattering comments about the Chinese government. If we want to have any trade with China, we might have to do something Canadian might not want. Ambrose said that the protests at the NEB hearings on the Energy East pipeline show the world that "Canada can't even have a conversation about pipelines." The NDP, however, believe there should be no connection between a trade deal in China and Canada pipeline politics. "It almost seems like pipeline blackmail," said NDP MP Nathan Cullen on Question Period. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.