Web poll: Is the lack of new oil pipeline capacity in Canada a crisis?

The Barack Obama administration in Washington blocked the Keystone XL pipeline for political reasons. (AP/file)

Web poll: Is the lack of new oil pipeline capacity in Canada a crisis?

New poll suggests two-thirds do.

Jan. 16, 2019 1:00 p.m.
Opinion
Poll

Six-in-10 Canadians believe a lack of new pipeline capacity represents a crisis in Canada, according to a new Angus Reid poll.

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