Is Canada Resolute While Obama 'Dithers'? Connect the dots.... Calgary Herald by Barry Cooper.  Columnist Claudia Cattaneo (NGP Photo) provided readers of the National Post with a commonsensical explanation: “As Obama dithers, Canada moves on.” Ever since 2005, when The Economist called Paul Martin “Mr. Dithers” for his indecisiveness, no one has confused dithering with prudence. Cattaneo was referring to the refusal by Obama to approve another TransCanada project, the Keystone XL pipeline, which would deliver 830,000 barrels of oil (more than four per cent of American daily consumption) to [...]