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Beyond the basic financial\/social benefits, having reserves gives a country the power to start, prevent and even stop wars. Countries wish they had a portion of the oil & gas Alberta has. Canada could influence global affairs; we could be the sought-out partner to supply energy to partner nations. Some say Canada is a trusted supplier. How can we be when we don\u2019t supply? The liberal dithers. We have given up an opportunity to influence world events. We could be a true powerhouse. There is a business case to accelerate the export of these long-term valuable commodities. Instead of selling oil at a discount to the U.S., we could sell it to other allies at market prices. Other countries will, but Canada hesitates and allies see we aren\u2019t a reliable supplier; we only talk about being one. We need real action based national leadership to fast-track these exports.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Recommended Videos<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n TOM BURNS<\/p>\n (Carney has promised just that. Most of us aren\u2019t so sure he\u2019s serious)<\/p>\n Another bad idea<\/p>\n (Re: Recent Sun poll question: \u2018Should Canada join the E.U.?\u2019 Another bad idea from a government with a long list of bad ideas. What happened to \u2018Elbows Up\u2019 and Canada\u2019s national sovereignty is at stake by the U.S.? But somehow it\u2019s OK when it\u2019s the E.U. and to cede our national sovereignty to a cabal of globalist progressive apparatchiks in Brussels, Belgium. PM Carney may consider himself European, I don\u2019t. Europe is a dumpster fire, and I don\u2019t want Canada to be part of it. Carney told Canadians he knew how to handle men like Trump. Prove it. Iron out the trade irritants with the U.S. Prime Minister Mark Carney, that\u2019s what you were elected to do and what you said you would do. Now is the time to be a man of honour and integrity. I know those are two attributes which you lack, but try.<\/p>\n Advertisement 3<\/p>\n This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n JEFFREY ANDERSON<\/p>\n (Predictably, \u2018Elbows Up\u2019 was abandoned after the election)<\/p>\n We\u2019re missing out<\/p>\n With the price of oil skyrocketing, our fertilizer prices way up for export and the U.S. dollar dropping against the Euro and the British pound, Canada\u2019s economy should be booming. Yet our dollar is dropping against the U.S. buck. Oh, I forgot, we aren\u2019t selling much of our oil and LNG because the feds believe no new pipelines are needed and the rest of the world is shopping elsewhere. It\u2019s hard to understand why Carney continues to follow Trudeau\u2019s destructive path on the economy. Canadians are falling further behind with out-of-control costs on everything and it\u2019s overwhelming. Carney and the Liberals don\u2019t seem to give a damn!<\/p>\n MARIA WEISS<\/p>\n (Tough for guys like Carney & Trudeau to relate to folks with money problems)<\/p>\n Article content<\/p>\n Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breadcrumb Trail Links NewsOpinionLetters Published Apr 19, 2026 \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 Last updated 17\u00a0hours ago \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 2 minute read You…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":615802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-615801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/615802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Pipeline](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/oil-pipes.jpg\")
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