The fight over Canada’s oil and gas resources appears to be like a bull fight where Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is the Toreador and President Donald Trump is the storming bull who demands subservience to Texas. But as in all bull fights this bull doesn’t stand a chance.
First come the Bandilleras, the decorated, barbed sticks used in bullfighting to provoke the bull, which in this case is Canada’s “silent” Sea Blockade: Why US Ships are TRAPPED (2026) by Tugboat Pilots legally denying to assist substandard tankers through the Strait of Juan de Fuca controlled by Canada which requires by law that a local Pilot assists a vessel traveling inbound or out to either the Vancouver Canada or Seattle Washington ports. Apparently US tanker vessels are old and substandard while Canadian vessels serving the Far East are new with first class environmental certificates. As of January 15th Canada requires first class certificates which the old U.S. flagged ships don’t have and which now has put in limbo such vessels floating at the entrance without possibility of returning to the port of Washington or pushing through to the open waters of the Pacific.
But for the final kill Toreador Carney introduced Canada’s newly built pipeline that transports oil and gas from Alberta’s fields eleven hundred miles to Vancouver where its Oil and Gas will enjoy a 30% premium when sold to Asian buyers over oil and gas normally sent by pipeline to Texas. On the other hand buyers of Dakota crude are canceling shipments because of the bottleneck and depressing prices. This diversion of Canadian oil and gas from Texas will hit American industry hard as its energy advantage disappeared overnight. Secondly Texas refineries have a penchant for Alberta’s heavy oil because of their expertise in refining it and will now have to source it from Venezuela
Meanwhile Trump the mortally wounded bull makes the following headline
Trump Threatens New Tariffs on Canada Over China
The president warned of 100% tariffs on Canadian goods if the North American neighbor ‘makes a deal with China’
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