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U.S. President Donald Trump showed last weekend that we need to rethink every single arrangement that involves our neighbour.

America may not for long be a reliable supplier or buyer of anything. America may not even be our ally.

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One of Canada’s great economic vulnerabilities is the volume of oil imported to the east coast and along the Saint Lawrence Seaway — 700,000 barrels a day, more than half of it from the U.S.

That often surprises people who think the main source of imported oil is Saudi Arabia.

Not even close. The Saudis are a distant second.

This happens daily because our country of 36 million people, with the world’s fifth largest oil production, can’t get a cross-country pipeline built.

At a moment when any trade channel could be threatened, this dependence has never appeared more insane.

That oil imbalance is far more a national security issue to Canada than our steel or aluminum will ever be to the U.S.