Members of Parliament are holding an emergency debate Monday to discuss the Keystone XL pipeline expansion. Last week, U.S. President Joe Biden scrapped the pipeline's permit as one of his first actions in office, effectively killing the $8-billion US project. WATCH | The emergency debate in the House of Commons begins at 4:30 p.m. MTOpposition Leader Erin O'Toole called for the debate earlier on Monday, accusing the government of not doing enough to advocate for the project. If completed, the 1,897-kilometre pipeline, first announced in 2005, would have carried 830,000 barrels of ollsands crude from Hardisty, Alta., to Nebraska. It would then connect with the original Keystone that runs to U.S. Gulf Coast refineries.

Source: CBC News January 25, 2021 23:19 UTC