U.S. election will alter Alberta's future

Interesting take on how the U.S. election will impact Alberta.  
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CBC News · Posted: Oct 17, 2020

Whether it's Joe Biden or Donald Trump, America's choice will alter Alberta's future

Experts say election will have lasting impact, but it's not all about Keystone XL

Less than three weeks remain before American voters head to the polls to choose four more years of U.S. President Donald Trump or a new administration headed by former vice-president Joe Biden.

And whatever happens Nov. 3, it isn't just the future of America that's at stake.

In Alberta, discussion about election implications have largely centred around Biden's promise to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline if Democrats win the U.S. presidential election.

But as experts see it, the stakes of a Biden victory — which would be the likely outcome were the election held today, according to CBC's Presidential Poll Tracker — can't be fully judged solely on the fate of the beleaguered pipeline or the future of fracking.

"I think it's still a question about whether he would actually reverse Keystone," Mount Royal University political scientist Duane Bratt told CBC's West of Centre podcast. "I think it's more complicated, but Albertans are making it much simpler."

Despite that uncertainty, recent polling from Léger for 338Canada discussed on West of Centre showed that Alberta was an outlier when polling on Trump's support, suggesting that 32 per cent of Albertans would support the president compared with 68 per cent support for Biden.

Support for Biden across Canada was somewhere between 82 and 90 per cent, everywhere except Alberta.
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Read more - especially funny is the part where Kenney is 'still hopeful' that oil exports to the U.S. will still increase under a Biden presidency.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/joe-biden-donald-trump-kathleen-petty-alberta-jason-kenney-1.5765658