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Originally Posted by FloridaDragon
I did not watch the speech either as I can't stomach politicians in general. However I do support strong borders and both the Mexican and Canadian borders are unacceptably open in my opinion. There are too many people in this world that want all of us dead for the simple fact that we don't align with their god or that we have something they want or resent. There is no way to change this ... you change our policies to please one group and you alienate a different group.
I fully support isolationism at this point. Turn off all the foreign aid taps and take care of our own and do our best to protect the people in this country. This would make those countries that don't want us there happy and piss off those that do want us there (again, make one set happy, piss off an other)
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Its ok, go ahead and isolate. China is waiting in the wings and it would be their pleasure in replacing you for our two-way trade in goods and services between Canada and the U.S. which was in 2004 worth over US$441 billion. (China has better credit, net 30)
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Canada is the United States' largest supplier of crude oil and refined products, natural gas, electricity and uranium.
In 2004, Canada's energy exports to the U.S. were valued at around $65 billion.
Canada supplies 88 percent of U.S. natural gas imports and 17 percent of U.S. imports of crude and refined oil products - more than any foreign supplier at over 2.1 million barrels a day.
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India has jumped into the intense competition for Canadian oil sands assets with plans to invest $1 billion over the next 12 months, a top Indian energy official said on Tuesday.
India, which has mounted a high-profile hunt for foreign reserves to help power its growing economy, is not worried its plans will put it head-to-head with longtime rival China in bidding for Canadian oil sands assets.
Chinese firms have been enthusiastic investors in northeastern Alberta's vast oil sands resources over the past year, taking stakes in a handful of development projects and a pipeline proposal.As many as four Indian companies are looking to invest in in the region.
Besides recent interest among Chinese firms, the region has attracted French oil major Total SA.
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Canada has larger oil reserves than Saudi Arabia.
Please build a wall along our border of 5,526 miles of land, which separates us.
As long as it keeps you out of my country and from invading us and stealing our oil.