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As a Canadian, I took that as an open invitation to interfere in your elections. (Wish we could!)

LOL, Welcome to FR oldweesie!
I'm Canadian too.

Regarding China, one thing that no one yet has speculated about (that I know of, in any case) is whether or not Harper is trying to ween the Chinese off of Middle Eastern oil (Iran’s especially).

Good point. It would make economic sense.

LOL, Welcome to FR oldweesie!
I’m Canadian too.

I’ve been a lurker for a long time. I have commented before once or twice.

Are you and I the only Canucks?

Regarding China, one thing that no one yet has speculated about (that I know of, in any case) is whether or not Harper is trying to ween the Chinese off of Middle Eastern oil (Iran’s especially). Good point. It would make economic sense. ========== I was thinking more like political sense. The smaller share of the global oil market OPEC has, the better. Asian markets for Canadian oil are, as of yet, completely untapped, so I can only presume most of their oil imports come from the Middle East and serve to prop up the over abundance of tyrannical regimes in that part of the world. I, for one, am waaay more scared of Middle Eastern tyrants than I am of China. And it's more than just oil that's in play here. If China and other Asian countries become more reliant on Canadian oil, the democratic world becomes more influencial in that region at the expense of the Middle Eastern tyrants. Harper may have been paving the way for neutralizing East Asian nations should we (Western nations) find ourselves at war with Iran.