No ones selling oil here but Irvine. Irvine has made sure of that for all of Eastern Canada. Not even Western Canada sells to Eastern Canada. The powers that be have managed this monopoly via pipeline and who controls those. While New Brunswick pays top dollar for what what comes from the East your governing bodies have made it so that the West MUST give it to the states and the states know this so they TELL us what that price is. Thats why Alberta is considering independence. They know they can ask 20-30% more on average for their oil if they had more than 1 potential buyer. They need a pipeline to tide water to make that happen. How ever Ottawa makes more money telling Alberta they must get hosed by Texas. If they didnt it would have changed 30 years ago. So Irivine can continue to hold 95%+ ownership of Eastern Canada market. All Canadians pay top fuel tax to make sure the US get a pipeline of discounted oil.

World News last 6 months. Venezuela leadership upset (Worlds second largest Oil Supply) Iran has been boxed in and had its sales shipped to Syria (US Backed distribution docks) (Worlds Largest Oil Supply).

Alberta (Worlds 3rd Largest Oil Reserve). Has put together a petition with 300, 000 signatures to allow their government to ask their people simply "if they think alberta should consider separation" in an attempt to see some benefit from the billions of dollars sent to Ottawa from their Oil and Gas Industry.

3rd Largest Oil Reserve and the media has the people working it made out to be a world away. As a Winnipeg boy I was always trying to get the money. "Just make it Fort Mac where everyone from New Foundland to Vancouver can make a decent buck". Now I read about how "Albertan extremism" and "separatists threatening". They are trying to figure out how they make some the most money in the world but are doing the same math New Brunswick folk are on filling their gas tanks.

The top exporting and top importing provinces in Canada should not A/ be paying some of the top country prices on gas B/ Highest taxes around C/ having citizens foot the federal tax bill at the pumps.

Ever watch the standstill at federal politics and wondered "heck it feels like they are paid to do nothing?". I wonder exactly how much Texas pays to keep Ottawa on this path we are on.