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Federal cabinet ministers meeting in Calgary welcomed news Tuesday that the Trump administration was giving the go-ahead to the Keystone XL pipeline, even as uncertainty hangs in the air over what new conditions the United States will try to impose.

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The project by Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. — intended to link Alberta’s oilsands with the refineries on the U.S. gulf coast — had been rejected by former president Barack Obama but this morning President Donald Trump signed executive orders advancing both Keystone XL and the U.S.-based Dakota Access pipelines.

However, Trump, who has taken office espousing a staunchly protectionist position on trade and an ‘America First’ position on international relations, told reporters at the White House that the government would “renegotiate some of the terms.”

Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr said he doesn’t know what kind of terms Trump is referring to but he isn’t concerned about new conditions hanging over the project.

“This is a very good moment for Alberta,” he told reporters on the second day of the Liberal cabinet retreat at the Fairmont Palliser.

“This decision will result in many, many jobs for Albertans and it’s also a sign that there is a recognition by the new American administration that Canada can be a source of economic development and of job creation on both sides of the border.”