Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the prospect of reviving the contentious Keystone XL pipeline mission with U.S. President Donald Trump during his White House visit this week, a authorities official acquainted with the matter stated on Wednesday (October 8, 2025).
A Canadian firm pulled the plug on it 4 years in the past after the Canadian authorities failed to steer then-President Joe Biden to reverse his cancellation of its allow on the day he took workplace. It was to move crude from the oil sand fields of western Canada to Steele City, Nebraska.
Mr. Trump beforehand revived the long-delayed mission during his first time period after it had stalled beneath the Obama administration. It would have moved as much as 830,000 barrels (35 million gallons) of crude each day, connecting in Nebraska to different pipelines that feed oil refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
The Canadian authorities official stated Mr. Trump was receptive to the thought when it was talked about during their White House assembly on Wednesday. The official stated Mr. Carney linked power cooperation to Canada’s metal and aluminium sectors, which is topic to 50% U.S. tariffs. The official spoke on situation of anonymity as they weren’t authorised to talk publicly on the matter.
Mr. Carney talked about constructing main tasks and “unleashing Canadian power” in a live video call with business leaders in Toronto on Wednesday.
Mr. Biden cancelled Keystone XL’s border crossing permit in 2021 over longstanding concerns that burning oil sands crude could make climate change worse and harder to reverse.
Mr. Carney is under pressure from the oil-rich province of Alberta to get a pipeline built.
South Bow Corp, the oil pipeline operator that is the owner of the existing Keystone pipeline system, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
Mr. Carney mentioned Wednesday in the call that tariffs on Canada’s aluminium exports are not wise, noting the country provides 60% of the aluminium the U.S. needs.
“For the U.S. to produce that much aluminium, it would need the equivalent of the energy of 10 Hoover Dams,” Mr. Carney said. “Is making aluminium really the first best use of that power at a time when you’ve got the AI revolution, and you’re reassuring manufacturing that you want to keep people’s electricity costs down at home.” Mr. Carney also reiterated that Canada’s relationship with the U.S., which led to increasing integration over many years, has changed.
“Our relationship will never again be what it was,” Mr. Carney stated. “We perceive America first.”
