Why Barack Obama is bad for Canada

The new President’s ambitions could have a devastating effect on our economy

When Barack Obama met with Stephen Harper in Ottawa on Feb. 19, his message on the oil sands sounded like it could have been written in Calgary.

“And so I’m going to do everything that I can to make sure that our relationship is strengthened.” He added

But it turns out that Obama has a knack for making people feel good when perhaps they ought to be watching their back. “Then the realities begin to take root when you look at what is taking place here in Washington,” says Corcoran. The reality is that Obama is leading an aggressive effort to remake American energy policy with potentially severe consequences for the oil sands, and by extension, the Canadian economy.

The Bush administration saw the oil sands as a strategic continental resource

For as much as Canadians love Obama, is it possible he doesn’t love us back?