[Ost-news] Proportionality

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Proportionality  
by Richard Heinberg  
Energy Bulletin (February 07 2008)

There is a strange clause in the North American Free Trade Agreement  
(NAFTA) that applies to only one country - Canada. The clause states  
that Canada must continue to supply the same proportion of its oil and  
gas resources to the US in future years as it does now. That's rather a  
good deal for the US: it formalizes Canada's status as a resource  
satellite of its imperial hub to the south.

>From a Canadian perspective there are some problems with the

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    [1]: http://oilsandstruth.org/proportionality

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