Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich supports Keystone Pipeline

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich says that, if elected, he’ll authorize the construction of the Keystone Pipeline on his first day in office.

According to The Globe and Mail, Gingrich wants to ensure Canadians that the pipeline won’t have to be built across the Rocky Mountains.

TransCanada, the company in charge of building the pipeline, has yet to finalize a route for the project. According to Gingrich and The Globe and Mail, it will begin in "central Canada."