Biden-Trudeau ‘Roadmap’ Commits to Fight ‘Systemic Racism,’ Climate Change; Excludes Keystone XL

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Biden-Trudeau ‘Roadmap’ Commits to Fight ‘Systemic Racism,’ Climate Change; Excludes Keystone XL

Joel B. Pollak 24 Feb 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau released a “Roadmap for a Renewed U.S.-Canada Partnership” on Tuesday that commits to fight “systemic racism” and COVID-19, but ignores the Keystone XL pipeline.

In a preamble, the two leaders declare: “The Roadmap for a Renewed U.S.-Canada Partnership announced today establishes a blueprint for an ambitious and whole-of-government effort against the COVID-19 pandemic and in support of our mutual prosperity. It creates a partnership on climate change, advances global health security, bolsters cooperation on defense and security, and it reaffirms a shared commitment to diversity, equity, and justice.”

Much of the document is devoted to the coronavirus pandemic, including a commitment to the controversial World Health Organization (WHO). It also commits both countries “to take a coordinated approach based on science and public health criteria when considering measures to ease Canada-U.S. border restrictions in the future.” It also renews a commitment to “strengthen the U.S.-Canada Action Plan on Opioids.”

The document also mentions energy, but in the context of fighting climate change, with a commitment “to enhance cooperation on sustainable and equitable energy transitions, clean energy innovation, connectivity and low-carbon transportation.”

It also pledges to “coordinate cooperation between the United States and Canada to increase ambition aligned to the Paris Agreement and net-zero objectives.” It recognizes “the important economic and energy security benefits of the bilateral energy relationship and its highly integrated infrastructure,” but does not mention Biden’s cancellation of the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have carried oil from Canada to the U.S., creating tens of thousands of jobs on both sides of the border.

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