Revenues from oil help keep people employed in Saskatchewan, they pay for our hospitals and our schools and are, along with agriculture, and mining, very important to our economy.  So you would think that all Canadian politicians would want to get as much money as possible by exporting oil to our southern neighbours.

Not so the NDP. Their MPs flew down to Washington, D.C. to argue against building a pipeline that would export oil to the U.S.

The NDP are opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline because they are opposed to the oil sands. They just don’t care about the jobs and money that flow into Alberta and Saskatchewan. Now, I realize that the new NDP is Quebec-centric. But by asking American politicians to kill jobs in Western Canada, the New Democrats are not only abandoning the West, they are openly attacking my province. The NDP should be ashamed for attacking a vital sector of our prairie economy.

I’m Brad Trost, your Member of Parliament in Saskatoon-Humboldt. You can call my office in Saskatoon at 975-6133 or drop by our two offices to visit: Saskatoon Monday-Friday or Humboldt Tuesday and Wednesday. I always appreciate your feedback.