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Mercifully, Minister of Natural Resources Jim Carr was not in Washington when Secretary of State John Kerry said the U.S. does not need any more Canadian pipelines. You see, unlike Justin Trudeau’s in-laws, Carr did not make the cut for the official visit with the Prime Minister, even though the U.S. trades more resources with Canada than any other country in the world by far. That’s no surprise, since energy was a forbidden subject between the two leaders, absorbed as they apparently are with global warming.

I say apparently, because America recently became the largest producer of oil in the world due to the fracking revolution. (Remember fracking? That’s the wealth-creating technology that several “have not” provinces imposed a moratorium on in their jurisdictions, but I digress.) Furthermore, the president recently lifted a 40-year ban on exports of domestic oil. So when you see President Obama smiling, it might have to do with the incredible growth in oil production in his country.