"Basically, it gets down to the consumption and greed of the U.S. If they can't negotiate a fair deal, they just take it and the American consumers back them up. Canadians just sit there and let them do it. " dianavan

dianavan, that's irritating. When will you Canadians learn to take responsibility for your own actions? As owners of said resources, you are in control of how much your neighbor can acquire.

It is just as valid to say that the situation is due to the Canadian lust for money.