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Josh Dehaas: A Carney oil blockade would be playing with fire, even if constitutional

Canadian law probably allows the federal government to halt oil exports, but that doesn't mean it should

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the federal government should consider blocking oil exports to the United States to give Canada leverage in the trade war that’s now hitting that province hard.

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“Even if the federal government buys the oil and puts it into reserves, that’s what we need to do until they feel the pain,” Ford told reporters on Tuesday last week.

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Alberta Premier Smith, who wants to double oil production, pushed back the next day with a special address.

“Although I understand the need to respond strongly to these tariffs, I cannot think of a more disastrous policy decision than cutting off or taxing Alberta’s oil to the United States,” she said.

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