Too Close to the USA
Michael Byers: Canada’s reluctance to stand up for itself, 6 September 2001
“... oil-producing province, Alberta, recently told Dick Cheney that his province ‘had energy to burn’. The short-term benefits of increased energy exports are considerable, especially when world prices are high, and Canadian politicians are all too well aware of this. Swollen government revenue and job creation in the oil-fields will, they calculate, make ... ”