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| Canada to send ethical oil to China |
| 2011-11-14 |
| Prime Minister Stephen Harper told U.S. President Barack Obama at the APEC summit on Sunday that Canada will look for new markets in Asia for its oil and gas, now that the Keystone pipeline has been delayed for more than a year. Harper made Canada's disappointment in the delay clear when the two leaders sat down for almost 30 minutes at the summit in Hawaii. All of Canada's oil and gas exports currently go south of the border, and Keystone would transport crude from the oilsands to Texas. Now, however, Harper says the U.S. decision has left him no choice. "I did indicate to him, as I did to the president of China yesterday [Saturday], as our government has indicated, this highlights why Canada must increase its efforts to make sure it can supply its energy outside of the United States and into Asia in particular," Harper said. To that end, the prime minister will visit China sometime next year. Smart diplomacy |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #11 President "Present" Everything is political with this guy, everything. |
| Posted by: retired LEO 2011-11-14 21:43 |
| #10 Build a pipeline to Thunder Bay. From there, you can export it to Europe (they'll be GLAD to buy it, instead of Russian oil and gas), the eastern US, or down the Mississippi to New Orleans and the Gulf. It would also be a finger to O'Bumble, but not the US. Of course, it would also be very good to build a pipeline to the west, but that may not be as easy. No matter what Canada does, the envirowackos will do everything in their power to disrupt and delay, if not cancel, the project(s). |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2011-11-14 21:20 |
| #9 What a traitor and dickhead Obama is. |
| Posted by: Speamble Wittlesbach8094 2011-11-14 17:31 |
| #8 The oil port is in play: http://www.rupertport.com/pdf/community_update/community_update_v7_july07.pdf |
| Posted by: Fliting Angash6199 2011-11-14 16:07 |
| #7 That's the problem SteveS - to OBumbles it *is* better to fund America's enemies over her allies. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-11-14 15:57 |
| #6 Oh, yeah, it's much better to continue funding those whackjobs in the ME than get oil from next door. Bah and double bah. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2011-11-14 15:33 |
| #5 The west coast of North America could well end up joining China. That's been a possibility since about, say, 1450. The years of rice and salt... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-11-14 14:53 |
| #4 Such a no-brainer the only consideration is on-purpose. Best of luck Canada, perhaps we can talk again in a year without this poor-betty headmaster. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2011-11-14 14:52 |
| #3 The west coast of North America could well end up joining China. That's been a possibility since about, say, 1450. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-11-14 14:37 |
| #2 Good on the Canadians. Hope they make a lot of money. At one time it was suggested that eventually Canada's western provinces would join the US. I now think that many western states will end up joining Canada. |
| Posted by: kelly 2011-11-14 13:22 |
| #1 Well done, Obean. And I'm not supposed to notice that you did it on purpose, right? |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-11-14 12:45 |