 The NDP did however manage to retain their seat in Victoria following the results of a close by-election.Mulcair declared his party's support for trade deals that including enforceable provisions on labour rights and environmental protection.Mulcair also strongly opposed plans for the creation of the Keystone XL and Northern Gateway pipelines, which included travelling to Washington D.C. to lobby against American approval of Keystone, and instead promoted the creation of a pipeline to carry western Canadian oil to be refined on Canada's east coast.