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U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened a 10 per cent tariff on energy resources from Canada .

The federal energy minister said being dependent on the United States for the export of oil is a vulnerability.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said she would like to see conversations resume regarding the previously proposed Northern Gateway pipeline and Energy East pipeline as a way to move its oil more easily to international markets.

“If some large Canadian pipeline company with a lot of private investment at one point actually puts before the regulator a project, then provincial and federal governments would evaluate the project.” Nearly all of Canada ’s crude oil exports — about four million barrels a day — go to the U.S. —with files from The Canadian Press and Global NewsDavid Akin , Bryan Mullan , Karen Bartko and Morgan Black .

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