President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrive to speak in the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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Updated: Wednesday, 15 Feb 2012, 5:47 PM EST
Published : Wednesday, 15 Feb 2012, 5:47 PM EST
TORONTO (AP) — Alberta's finance minister says U.S. politics trumped what should have been a no-brainer decision to approve a proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to Texas.
Last month, the administration of President Barack Obama denied a permit for TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, but left the door open for TransCanada to apply for a new pipeline route that avoids Nebraska's environmentally sensitive Sandhills region.
Ron Leipert, finance minister of the Canadian province that has the world's third-largest reserves of oil, said Wednesday in a speech that politics got in the way of what should have been a good economic decision. He called it a no-brainer in his prepared remarks.
Obama said officials did not have enough time to review the project before a Feb. 21 deadline imposed by Congress.
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