Paul Young, a CPA and expert in business processes and risk management, examines why it is difficult to approve oil and gas pipelines in Canada. He outlines the path forward for pipelines, including statistics on Canada's oil and natural gas production. The document also discusses the legal challenges to the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion project in British Columbia and the inclusion of carbon emissions in the review process for the Energy East pipeline. In conclusion, it argues that Canada needs more pipelines to export oil and natural gas to markets in Asia while acknowledging they provide economic spin-offs and account for only about 2% of Canada's GDP.