Actually, the Canadian industry already was at a serious competitive disadvantage, courtesy of the Obama administration.

While pressuring Canada to implement new regulations on methane release, Obama conveniently overlooked the unregulated and unmeasured flaring and venting of billions of cubic feet of natural gas, every day, from the Bakken fields in North Dakota.

Also, Trudeau was too stupid to point out that Alberta was already a world leader in flare gas (so called waste gas) reduction, and had been for over  decade.

Even if Clinton had been elected, there would have been exemptions and delayed timetables for implementation by Americans, who, along with the rest of the oil and gas producing world, have played Canada for suckers.

As pointed out in a Fortune article, the fact that Obama waited until after Trudeau killed Northern Gateway to stop Keystone was no coincidence: it kept Canadian oil hostage and gave Obama great optics.

And, Junior got a State Dinner for his trouble.