BY REBECCA PENTY
Friday, July 8, 2011
An article in the Wall Street Journal championing TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Keystone XL pipeline as an economic driver for a country hurting for jobs is evidence of support south of the border, president and CEO Russ Girling said Thursday.
The TransCanada executive said the opinion piece suggested the last phase of a $13-billion pipeline project would offer economic stimulus to a country facing a high unemployment rate of 9.1 per cent is a vote of confidence.
"The benefits are clear to us and anyone who read the Wall Street Journal article this morning will see some other people are starting to get that as well," Girling told the TD Securities 2011 Calgary Unconventional Energy Conference.| Full Story