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Originally Posted by rubecube
I don't get the whole argument that we're buying Saudi oil, so build the pipelines to stop that. The two seem unrelated to me. Unless we put in some crazy protectionist policies, we're still going to be buying oil from countries with poor human rights records regardless of our own oil production.
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The fact that using our own oil in the refineries isn't a realistic option right now is the problem. Do you support shopping locally? Do you support supporting businesses that give back to communitties? do you support countries who have proper human rights legislation? Just a few examples of why refining Canadian oil as opposed importing Saudi oil makes, really the are a plethora of reasons.