As oil gushes into the Gulf of Mexico, the consequences of a spill from the proposed Enbridge oilsands pipeline and related tanker traffic are all the more real.

Marlo Raynolds argues that the real challenge for Canada's Prime Minister is whether he is able to create a made-in-Canada climate plan — or leave it to American lawmakers to decide our climate and, therefore, economic policy.

Canada's economy is in need of a jump-start. To reinvigorate our chilled economy, we need to diversify our economic base and create new jobs that will put money into the pockets of Canadian workers.