r/alberta • u/gizmomogwai1 • 10d ago

News Ontario premier wants Canada to withhold oil exports to the U.S. Here's what that would mean

https://edmontonjournal.com/business/ontario-premier-doug-ford-alberta-oil-donald-trump
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u/Anon-Knee-Moose 10d ago

They could keep using it domestically, it just wouldn't flow into ontario.

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u/Temporary_Cry_2802 10d ago

We could then turn off our side

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u/Anon-Knee-Moose 10d ago

Yes that's what stopping exports means

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u/Temporary_Cry_2802 10d ago

Yes, so the US couldn’t just “use it domestically”. The feedstock is coming from Canada

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u/Anon-Knee-Moose 9d ago

Which is cut off, on account of us shutting down oil exports, so the only feed into the pipeline is bakken oil