主题：【原创】加拿大可能要面临一场严重的宪政危机 -- 晨枫

"...The Stelmach government fended off Thursday the latest attack against Alberta's oilsands, warning the province will look to export energy overseas if an environmental coalition's campaign to U.S. congressmen to prohibit 'dirty oil' proves successful...'We will not only depend on the American market. We will expand markets. If that means building a pipeline to the coast and selling oil to another country, we will,' Stelmach told reporters Thursday. 'We have options and we'll continue to pursue options.'...

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小评:目前加拿大国内舆论对北美贸易协定的有效性抱怀疑态度,从安大略的汽车产业,到传统的木材出口都受到很大程度的损害.北美贸易协定的初衷是抱着互利互惠的原则充分发挥各国间的产业互补,但在弱势美元的影响下,加拿大的制造业已经基本丧失了竞争优势.晨枫提到的Alberta省和联邦政府之间的裂痕也正是整个北美经济环境恶化的一个表象.