Author: aballingall@thestar.ca Alex Ballingall

OTTAWA — In the span of half a day this week, different members of the Liberal government — including Prime Minister Mark Carney — spoke in different ways about one of the most divisive political issues in Canada: fossil-fuel pipelines.After his cabinet was sworn in on Tuesday, Carney expressed openness to new oil and gas infrastructure as part of his vision to turbocharge construction of major development projects, potentially including pipelines, as part of a plan to expand the economy and reduce Canada’s reliance on the United States in the midst of Donald Trump’s trade war. 

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OTTAWA — Donald Trump’s new emissary to Ottawa struck a friendly tone toward his Canadian hosts in a speech at a business summit on Friday, where he dodged any direct reference to the trade war his president launched and alluded to discussions about how Canada and the U.S. can “move forward” with their relationship. In a speech at the B7 Summit of business groups from G7 countries — a private sector preview of next month’s political summit of wealthy democracies in Kananaskis, Alta. — U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra spoke of his family connections to Canada and noted how his Dutch parents were “liberated by Canadians” in the Netherlands during the Second World War. 

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