CALGARY U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday formally revoked the permit needed to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline (KXL), dashing Ottawa s hopes of salvaging the $8 billion project that the struggling Canadian crude sector has long supported. The move represents another set-back for the beleaguered Canadian energy industry, kills thousands of jobs and marks an early bump in Biden s relationship with Canada, a key trading partner. Biden had long promised to scrap the permit. Kirsten Hillman, Canada s ambassador to Washington, told CTV that Ottawa was very disappointed. Foreign Minister Marc Garneau, speaking minutes earlier, took a more muted tone, telling CTV that Canada respected and understood the decision.
Group of CA Latino Leaders Endorses Bernie Sanders
By Sandra G. Leon
A meeting of nearly 100 Latino community leaders and activists in Los Angeles last week led to a historic endorsement of Bernie Sanders for President just two weeks before the California primary election.
The group, called the Latino Leadership Summit Committee for Sanders for President, was headed by former University of Riverside political science professor Dr. Armando Navarro, Professor Tinker Salas, historian from Pomona College, and retired professor of sociologist Jose Calderon from Pitzer College, and included various community activists that have come together to support Senator Sanders.
“Inspired by Sanders’ transformative agenda and driven by their determination to defeat the re-election of Republican President Donald Trump, Latino Summit participants adopted ‘El Plan de Riverside’,” Dr. Navarro said after the meeting. “It seeks to ignite the rise of a statewide and ultimately a nationwide
President Joe Biden has asked Christopher Wray to stay on as FBI director and he has confidence in the job Wray is doing, the White House said on Thursday.