Eby says Canada should build refineries, not pipelines, after Venezuela attack

ByTodd Coyne – CTV News

British Columbia Premier David Eby says Canada should prioritize building more oil refinery capacity over new export pipelines amid the threat that Venezuelan oil could begin to displace Canadian crude in U.S. refineries.

The premier was responding to recent calls from the Alberta government to expedite new pipeline infrastructure from the oilsands to the B.C. coast, following the American capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the Trump administration’s stated plans to take control of that country’s vast oil resources.