Gordon Laxer, May 10, 2007, Parkland Institute -- Presentation to the House of Commons Committee on International Trade at hearings held on the Security and Prosperity Partnership between canad, the U.S. and Mexico.
Why No Energy Security for Canadians?
I don’t understand why Canada is discussing helping to ensure American energy security when Canada has no energy policy, and no plans or enough pipelines, to get oil to Eastern Canadians during an international supply crisis. Canada is the most vulnerable member of the International Energy Agency - IEA, yet recklessly exports a higher and higher share of its oil and gas to the U.S. This locks Canada into a higher share under NAFTA’s proportionality clause. Instead of guaranteeing U.S. energy security, how about a Canadian SPP