@SeraphimDawn  
That’s the hope, anyways. Look at some of the other suppliers of oil out there. I mean, Saudi Arabia’s the nicest Middle Eastern country by a huge margin, and they’re not a very nice place.
 
I mean, the Royal band did this out of protest when told to play music for King Abdullah, during his visit to meet Queen Elizabeth II.

@DanielTepesKraus  
There is something that Canada can easily provide that most other major oil producing nations struggle to provide. That is political stability.

@SeraphimDawn  
But still very much obtainable. Even now they’re our biggest supplier of oil, and last I heard there’s potentially a huge untapped reserve of oil that dwarfs that from Saudi Arabia. So long as our neighbors to the north can keep the hippies and environmentalists out of their faces long enough to tap it.
 
Don’t believe that whole American-rooted stereotype that Canada is behind the times. Their energy industry is top notch and they’re also the origin of almost every single piece of communications and data transfer technology in existence, most notably the telephone, walkie-talkie, and 56k modem. Canada is also the origin of standard time, the video camera, the snow blower (big surprise), insulin, and the egg carton.
 
On the flip-side, Canada actually did not invent Canadian Bacon (that’s merely the American name for back bacon and smoked ham), and maple syrup was invented by the Natives long before that land could ever rightfully be called the nation of Canada.

@Applejack007  
Canada remained part of the British Empire until sometime after the First World War. Even then, we’re still a part of the Commonwealth. Newfoundland, which was one of the oldest British colonies, was the last province to join Confederation, in 1949. Nunavut, which joined in 1999, was the most recent Territories to join.

*Independence

Canada Day? More like Inpendencd Day eve eve eve.

@DanielTepesKraus  
But much of it is tar sands.

@Background Pony #E3FE  
Canada already has more oil than most countries (They’re 3rd overall, just behind Saudi Arabia and Venezuela) and the possibility of Canada actually having more (though currently untapped) reserves than any other country in the world is currently being discussed.
 
And maple syrup actually can be distilled to make Ethanol, which is used as fuel. The only reason it’s not is there are much cheaper and cleaner ways to distill it.

@Background Pony #E3FE  
Canada produces 27.9% of the world’s uranium oxide.

@Background Pony #E3FE  
Of course.

@WatermelonRat  
If syrup could be used as a fuel, Canada would undoubtedly rule the world

@WatermelonRat  
Just recently, Canada got rid of the Wheat Board’s monopoly on wheat prices in Canada.

@WatermelonRat  
This is getting weirder by the post.

@MezzoDragon  
Apparently Canada runs its syrup business like an OPEC-style cartel. They control the flow of 80% of the world’s syrup, and basically have total control over the world market price. You can get around that if you know the right people, though:  

@WatermelonRat  
Oy vey.

@MezzoDragon  
Yup.  

@WatermelonRat  
That sounds too comically to be true. And outright hilarious because it is true.

@SeraphimDawn  
Yeah, someone stole six million gallons from the Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve.
 
(that’s not a joke, they really have a Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve in Canada)

@DanielTepesKraus  
I heard there was a Maple Syrup heist a little while ago, and because of that, MS prices sort of took the highroad.

@SeraphimDawn  
You’ve got to get the Canadian stuff, though. Vermont’s okay, but it’ll never top the real deal.
 
And since someone mentioned it, do we have here an accidental innuendo or a pissed off graphic designer?  

Grade B maple syrup is actually better than grade A. It has a richer flavor.

@DanielTepesKraus  
Most come from Quebec. And I think the State of Vermont is also famous for their maple syrup.

@SquiggyBomb  
The authentic stuff is delicious, though. And very expensive, especially down here in the U.S. What I hate about it is no matter how hard you try to fight it, the bottles are always sticky.

@SeraphimDawn  
Yep.

@MezzoDragon  
Nah, it’s okay. It happens.