Derek H. Burney
spoke to the Canada Labour and Employee Relations Network in
Toronto on the importance of developing the Keystone XL
Pipeline.
'When I spoke to your group a few years ago, my topic
was "Barnacles on the Border." Today, I was asked to
speak about something much bigger than a barnacle and even more
critical to the tone and the substance of the Canada – U.S.
relationship.
But, in February, when John West initially suggested the
Keystone pipeline as a topic, I declined saying "it may be all
over by then." Silly me. Like the unfinished symphony, the
saga of Keystone goes on and on with no clear verdict in
sight.
I caution you at the outset that I am a Director of the
company which would like to build the pipeline (TransCanada). I
have never thought that actually knowing something about a given
question should be a constraint against volunteering an opinion. My
views are, nonetheless, personal and not those of the company, nor
my law firm for
