No, no, he is not. First off, traditional crude and bitumen are radically different things this is not a rhetorical tactic on her part but on his. The Texas refineries are already running at full capacity this pipeline is so that they continue to do so. In fact they are building and upgrading new refineries in ND and Texas along the Keystone XL route this is instead of building them in Canada. Why? This because many of the oil companies in Alberta are own partially or full by Texas oil companies who would rather not see Texas die when their oil runs out.

His statements on economics so ill informed he obviously has never studied any economics beyond some partisan leaflet. The reason people are being laid off in the oil sector right now in Alberta is because oil sands are incredibly expensive to produce. It is not worth doing on a massive scale when oil prices are low. Thus there is a pause before oil prices rise and our ability to supply is out paced by demand. Given the scale contraction in the market possibly a decade (enough time to as he him self saying build alternate pipelines and our own refineries). Even his understanding of agriculture is sad refining oil is analogous with milling not baking something sask. does quite a bit of and, unlike baked goods refined oil does not spoil and can be shipped safely. No, economist has ever argued not to add value until you are at the market that is just stupid. The only reason oil is refined near the market is because oil a lot of comes from unstable places where no one wants to invest in development for fear of losses (Nigeria, Libya, Venezuela) or desolate places whose populations can't sustain refineries (Alaska). The Texans and Norwegians refine their own oil. You add value to the product as soon as possible! that is a basic economic principal.

You are right about him being an annoying little man though.