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Opinion: Oil is an essential aspect of Canada’s national identity, history, and future

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William Barclay : Canada must not abandon its oil industry to pursue greener pastures and energies.

Canada ’s energy exports are the only real leverage or value that Canada still enjoys with the U.S. , he says.

Alberta is currently flirting with secession, largely because the federal government has so emphatically rejected Alberta 's oil-based socio-political ecosystem over the past decade .

If the government refuses to embrace oil as a vital resource and aspect of identity, then Canada will inevitably continue to splinter.

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