During a speech while in Ottawa, President Obama praised the work Rachel Notley and the NDP have done combatting climate change. Of course, however, President Obama did not reverse his decision to veto the Keystone XL pipeline, but Premier Notley did take to Twitter to gleefully recognize the mention:
I’m proud of our work to combat climate change in Alberta. Honoured to be recognized by @POTUS in his speech today. #NAS2016 #abclimate
President Obama is in Ottawa following a 3 Amigos summit where he, Prime Minister Trudeau and Mecixan President Enrique Peña Nieto signed a pact to have 50% of electricity power generated by renewables by 2025.
Prime Minister Trudeau has called his relationship with President Obama a ‘bromance’ and spoke about the two have been engaging in ‘dudeplomacy’.
During the event, there was no progress on getting Canadian oil to the US market by pipeline, however White House officials said the US and Canada has moved ‘past Keystone XL’ in its energy discussions.