Oil-sands protesters descend on Parliament Hill
The Council of Canadians and Greenpeace Canada hold a rally featuring a civil disobedience sit-in against the tar sands on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, September 26, 2011.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
The Council of Canadians and Greenpeace Canada hold a rally featuring a civil disobedience sit-in against the tar sands on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, September 26, 2011.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
A police officer watches over protesters who had crossed the barricade to take part in a sit-in against the Keystone XL pipeline on the front lawn of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday September 26, 2011.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
Demonstrators stage a "sit in" after crossing a police barricade during a protest against the Keystone XL pipeline on Parliament Hill in Ottawa September 26, 2011.PATRICK DOYLE/Reuters
A demonstrator is arrested after crossing a police barricade during a protest against the Keystone XL pipeline on Parliament Hill in Ottawa September 26, 2011.PATRICK DOYLE/Reuters
Demonstrators stage a "sit in" after crossing a police barricade during a protest against the Keystone XL pipeline on Parliament Hill in Ottawa September 26, 2011.PATRICK DOYLE/Reuters
A protester is led away by police after crossing a barricade during a protest against the Keystone XL pipeline on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday September 26, 2011.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
Police escort a protester at a rally against the Keystone XL pipeline on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday Sept. 26, 2011.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
A protester holds a sign at a rally against the Keystone XL pipeline project on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Monday Sept. 26, 2011.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
Protesters are arrested as they cross a security fence at Parliament Hill on Sept. 26, 2011.Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS
We have enormous resource extraction possibilities that could pay for health care and pensions for decades. Alas, standing in the way is one very large problem, namely our sclerotic project approval process for the necessary pipelines and ocean terminals.Sean Kilpatrick/THE CANADIAN PRESS