[War] Canada: Flowing East

[Dylan de Valk]

'Flowing East'
July.12/2014
PM James McColl
Canada

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Canada had been in a rather odd position in regards to its oil industry for
many years.  With the second largest reserves in the world if you counted
the tar sands of Alberta,  the country was IMPORTING oil.  More than half of
its needs were imported from abroad, mostly the north sea countries and the
mid-east.  Shameful, really.  The government had taken a long, close look at
this unique problem, and had decided to do something to try and remedy it.

Back in the days of Trudeau's National Energy Plan, an oil pipeline had been
built from Alberta to the eastern portion of the country to supply it with
Albertan oil.  The pipeline needed some refurbishing, but could easily
become operational again.  Leaders from the oil industry had been contacted
and were receptive to the idea of reactivating the pipeline.  The government
was working with the provinces and the industry and was offering incentives
to begin the flow of oil to eastern Canada once again.

The idea was to avoid legislation and clunky government monopolies and
such.  They also wanted to avoid angering the provinces.  They would setup a
joint-owned corporation, with shares held by the provinces the pipeline ran
through, the federal government, and a consortium of corporations who would
be running the thing.  The refineries currently in operation had more than
enough spare capacity and no new ones needed to be built, for now anyways.
This way, everyone affected and involved could benefit a little.  There were
plans for another pipeline as a contingency in case demand was higher than
expected.

Once the oil started to flow east, imports could be reduced as needed, and
thus unnecessary expenditure of capital could be saved, and could be better
used for other things.

The whole process had been very transparent and open to the public.  McColl
had been very open to the public that the scheme would allow the billions of
dollars of capital being spend on importing oil from foreign countries would
now be injected back into the economy, keeping the wealth inside the nation
and further enriching it.  The oil being imported would be replaced by
Alberta oil, still allowing profits for everyone and making the country less
reliant on foreign producers.

That was the idea anyways.

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Actions:
1] start replacing imported oil with domestically produced stuff
2] detail a plan of action to do so
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