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   RM> Oh, and they are working on a pipeline, East to West here. We talked   
   RM> about refineries the other day and apparently we do have refineries   
   RM> here, but they are all to the East and the bulk of our oil to the   
   RM> West and it was easier to pipe it to the USA than Truck it across   
   RM> Canada, which now may change if this goes through.   
      
   KW> Interesting. The article I read calling out US refineries refining   
     > Canadian oil inferred that Canada lacked the capacity to refine, not   
     > the transportation logistics.   
      
   I don't know if they have the capacity to totally replace our deals   
   with the USA, but I suppose while they are building the pipeline   
   they can maybe make the refineries bigger as well, plus that's only   
   for our use. The sale of oil to you will continue even if Trump puts   
   his threatened 10% tariff on it. Trump wants the profit from that   
   even if it costs you guys an estimated $10 more for a tank of gas.   
      
   KW> A global commerce model with open trading partners is/was a good thing,   
     > but it requires all parties to act in the best interests of everyone.   
     > One crony capitalist/isolationist/megalomaniac/grifter and the whole   
     > model falls apart - as we're seeing now.   
      
   Yes, a lot of what has been threatened seems to keep being postponed   
   but, unfortunately, as long as the threat remains, we are starting to   
   do things that will cost the USA many $millions as we prepare for what   
   might never happen. Not tariffs but a lot of Canadians are angry about   
   it and not buying American goods and cancelling trips there, thousands   
   of people. Travel to the USA on this long March Break weekend was down   
   over 40%. People are going, ironically, to Mexico or, if they can afford   
   it, to some other country or finally getting around to touring Canada..   
      
   There's a small chance that if Trump is screwing around, and not   
   serious about this stuff, we are making changes to protect ourselves   
   so a lot of damage will happen anyways.   
      
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