NDP take Keystone case to Washington

Megan Leslie and Claude Gravelle are going to Washington, D.C., Tuesday to tell legislators that not all Canadians agree with TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline expansion plan.

"We're trying to present a different face of Canada on this," Leslie, the NDP's environment critic, said.

"There are so many officials going down and saying this should be a no-brainer, we think there should be other officials saying we'd like to think about this."

Leslie and Gravelle, who's the NDP's natural resources critic, are scheduled to meet with both Democrats and Republicans.

The NDP acknowledge the decision is up to the U.S., but oppose expanding the pipeline and want a temporary freeze on oilsands expansion until Canada has a stronger plan to deal with the effects of climate change. 

The State Department is set to decide in the next few months on whether to allow the pipeline expansion.