Modeling Journey

Prentice standing up for Canada in Washington

Barack Obama promised that he would get America off it's addiction to oil as a matter of national security. T. Boone Pickens talked about the transfer of wealth leaving America because of energy needs. The clean coal industry in the U.S. seems confident that Obama is an ally of theirs based on recents ads airing on CNN. The fact of the matter is, if Obama does not want to buy oil from the Middle East or Hugo Chavez; he needs to depend on the Canadian supply including the oil sands. I find it quite sad that so little attention is being drawn to the oil sands in the United States; yet environmental groups, the media and the left seem to want to shut them down including all the prosparity they bring to Canada and Alberta. Rex Murphy is right. Stephen Harper is right. On this issue even Michael Ignatieff is right in the sense that the oil sands are a national unity issue. With the exception of Quebec, all Canadians believe that the benefits of the oil sands outweigh the costs. I am all for coordinating a climate change strategy with the United States and Mexico; but during this time of economic recession we need to be careful not to bite the hand that feeds us. I applaud Jim Prentice on his efforts to work with the Obama administration on a climate change strategy that makes sense for both nations.
-Darryl