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December 7, 2016

Canadian Minister Apologizes for Threatening to Deploy Troops to Quell Pipeline Protests
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Canadian Energy Minister Jim Carr has apologized after implying the
Canadian government would deploy troops against protesters opposing the
proposed billion-dollar Kinder Morgan tar sands pipeline, which was
approved by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week. Last week, Carr
said the government would use "its defense forces" to quell possible
protests.


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