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May 14, 2014 - Finishing off the closing plenary, AJC executive council member Matthew Bronfman introduced Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird.
In addition to his discussion of the importance of the Jewish state, Foreign Minister John Baird managed to fit a plug for the Keystone XL pipeline in his introductory remarks. He stated, to applause:

"We are bound by common values and just as importantly common interests.  We are each other's biggest trading partners not least from sharing in a North American energy boom.  That's a boom by the way we are very keen to continue with the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.  It will bring more prosperity and more security to North America and it should be approved."
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