Canada's Harper Says His Country Is 'Held Hostage' By U.S. In Pipeline Debate

January 18, 2012

In an interview with the CBC, yesterday, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper had some harsh words for the United States and its side of the Keystone XL pipeline debate.

"I don't object to foreigners expressing their opinion," Harper told the CBC. "But I don't want them to be able to hijack the process so that we don't make a decision that's timely or in the interests of Canadians."

Harper was referring to President Obama's decision to delay approval of TransCanada's pipeline. He added that the news "was a wakeup call about the degree to which Canada is 'held hostage' to U.S. decisions." READ MORE