Re:Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member'
by john_strinlai on Thursday September 17, 2026 @10:21AM
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>Alberta selling oil to USA is, by itself, like 20% of Canada's entire GDP.
wow, no, it's not "like 20%" at all. not even close.
the entire oil and natural gas industry was 3.8% of canada's GDP in 2025.
how did you even come up with that number?
Re:Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member'
by ian_b13 on Thursday September 17, 2026 @01:32PM
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The official stats Canada website has energy products at ~23.5% of total exports for July 2026
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/71-607-x/71-607-x2020013...
With crude oil and natural gas making up almost 90% of that number in 2025 https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=121001...
Re:Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member'
by john_strinlai on Thursday September 17, 2026 @02:11PM
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"Canada's entire GDP" and "exports" are very different.
Alberta selling oil to USA is, by itself, like 20% of Canada's entire GDP.
And 70% of all other exports go to USA too. So yeah it is mostly just theater because there's a loud mouth idiot in the White house.
They're doing some lip-service and just hoping it will blow over when Trump is gone.