Quote Originally Posted by kurai View Post
Yes, I don't think you understand the circumstances. The Harper government is currently immune to criticism outside the judicial arena. A majority federal government is able to do whatever it likes barring judicial restrictions. The notion that having to "convince a native tribe" is something which the federal government has a difficulty in doing is ridiculous - this is how the entire country has been developed over the last 150 years. That is how Canada was built.
So you are saying that Harper's Government does not have to go to the voters any time in the next ten years as that is how long it will take for the West Coast pipeline to be built.

Quote Originally Posted by kurai View Post
Yes, if China's demand is met by refining Albertan crude, then the demand is met. This "helps oil prices" - China does not have infinite demand. If they are refining Canadian crude, this means that they are not demanding other refined sources on the global market (ie. they do not act in a bubble). You speak of allowing "refined Canadian oil to go to the global market" - but this makes no sense.
That is unless China's oil demand some how peeks and does not continue to suck more and more crude in.