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Canadian Royalty Trusts in Need of an American Revolution

Steven Ward said
>>>President-... Obama should point out that it was American money that funded the great Canadian expansion and made many Canadians rich in the process. He should add that rich Canadians are a benefit to all of us and us Americans, after putting up our money, want equal benefits.<<<

Well, Steven Harper can turn around say Americans should be very grateful that Canada (a strong and faithful ally of the US for the last 196 years) is providing 60% of its Oil and Gas output and reducing its dependancy on oil from despots in unstable countries like Venezuela, Saudi Arabia and Russia who wish nothing but ill will towards the United States.

Furthermore, if Obama reopens NAFTA, Canada can renegotiate America's preferential access to Canadian resources. There are plenty of other takers (China, India, etc) in the world for Canadian resources (oil, gas, water and electricity), if the USA starts being difficult to deal with.