Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk'
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Mon Mar 10 2025 02:24:00

RM> Yes, and you've always had the option of using your own oil but an
RM> intelligent country would use as much of a finite resource like oil
RM> as they can get at a decent pricefrom other countries to save their

AT>There's a mystery about the prices here. The price right now is 3x what it wa
  >ack in 2016. If buying oil from Canada isn't solving that issue, then I'm ass
  >ng that drilling our own oil will solve it. Even if it doesn't bring the pric
  >own, it should at least solve the problem of being dependent on another count

I think if there were a huge savings drilling your own oil the companies
would have gone back to doing that long ago. It's smart to not use up all
your own reserves if you can manage it though. Once it runs out elsewhere
you have your own available to use and to sell at inflated prices due to
the shortages. But I'm not sure you have as much oil as you wish you did.
There's been a lot of damage due to Fracing and such as you try to get
the very last of it out of old wells, and possible oil spill issues from
oil fields deep in the ocean.

Canada has the 3rd largest oil reserves in the world, the USA comes
up in 9th place.   (2025 numbers) In 2016 we had over 5 times the
oil you did but now it's only about 2.5 times as much. Those numbers
might have changed more from new discoveries than using it up..

Same with his complaints about buying Canadian wood building products.
You have lots of forests there, but a lot of people don't want to see
them cut down and have blocked lumbering in many areas there.

Instant gratification. Trump doesn't seem to worry much about anything
that will cause problems more than 4 years in the future..

AT>But this shouldn't come as any surprise. Trump has been very vocal about ever
  >ing he intended to do all throughout his campaign. To panic now is like sayin
  >I never saw this coming."

When Trump was making election speeches I don't recall him mentioning
25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian Imports. He definitely went on about
making America great again, but that's not unusual..

RM> If the 25% across the board tariffs come in they estimate it will
RM> cost Canada more than a million jobs and the estimate is 1.9 million
RM> American jobs plus higher prices on almost everything. The numbers

AT>If the crystal ball is correct, then these results should serve as a wake-up
  >l to Canadians who believe that it's wise to depend on other countries.

When you've had a safe, reliable market for 50+ years I guess you
tend to start taking it for granted.

AT>Something that Trump and I have in common is that we're positive thinkers. I
  >nk that the next president will double down on Trump's executive orders. I'm
  >ing for one Trump's sons to be the next president.

I guess time will tell. You may just end up being the richest country
in the world with no one wanting to do business with you.

No, I think too many people on both sides of the border are mad about
this and I can't see what he's doing being good for ordinary people,
although your super rich probably love him..

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