Shiftheads - Is Keystone XL Actually A New Deal Or Old News

A pipeline gets announced as a big win in trade talks. Except it might already have been built, under a different name, months before anyone in Washington started taking credit for it. Rob Breakenridge sorts out what's real here and what's just good timing on somebody's press release. Silence usually means trouble in a negotiation like this one. This week it might mean the opposite, and with a deadline landing at midnight tomorrow, the fact that nobody in Alberta is saying much at all could be the most reassuring detail in the whole story. Outside actors are reportedly working to inflame Alberta's separation debate, and the honest answer to how much of that is actually happening is a lot messier than either side wants to admit, with less than sixty days left before the vote. Topics: Keystone XL pipeline, Alberta separation referendum, Canada US trade deal, foreign interference online, Alberta politics GUEST: Rob Breakenridge | robbreakenridge.ca Originally aired on 2026-08-20