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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Canada ran into the typical democrat protectionist nonsense in the US. The soft touch or bullying would have had the same results. This is a perception issue more than a legitimate evidence based crisis. By keeping KXL on the sidelines the Administration succeeded in keeping our oil landlocked and sold at a discount, a net benefit to the American consumer. They were also able to pander to the environmental side of their base, which has likely sold out to the Saudis or other exporters who want to keep Canadian oil from displacing their production.
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I've always found it baffling considering how much pipeline the American's have put in over the past 7 years. We are basically in a losing race to get our Oil to other nations.
We have to remember that the American's have become competitors instead of friends especially in the energy sector, and the American's can be really cut throat under a guise of being a buddy. The buy America provisions and the increase in expection fees at the border have pointed to that.
the lack of complaints by environmentalist groups in terms of the dirty oil production in California for example is just an example of the administration down there being very effective.
At the end of the day, the whole great friends interpretation thing between Canada and the U.S. is less rosy then it used to be, and Canada needs to develop international markets at a more rapid pace.