It is a mystery to me why the Canadian government, or Canadians, would support the Keystone XL pipeline. It would convey oil owned largely by foreign multinationals to US gulf coast refineries owned by US companies, who would then reap the value-added benefits. All Canada gets is some royalty payments, and the pipeline operator gets rental payments. Big deal. Why do we not increase our refining capacity? An added benefit would be that the refined product is of less environmental concern in the case of a mishap.