主题：【讨论】第三次世界大战可能并不远矣 -- aiguille

you need to understand the mentality of Canadians, esp., those Albertans. I call this Canadian inferiority complex.

Currently, all major oil pipelines link Albertan oilfields to America only. One serving the Asian market is still under construction and will take time to reach the pacific coast (not through Vancouver, but through a port in the Northern region of BC).

Trust me, Albertans will not give good stuff to chinese, even if you pay the premium over market prices.

随之而来得失业，就业，财政破产，哪里来的轻松自然的幸福生活啊。

--first, America established high tariffs against European manufacturing products for most of the 1850-1890s. It welcomed capital, talents, NOT manufactured industrial goods. Protection and barriers established America's manufacturing strength.

The post-1870 2nd revolution has many technologies originated from America. Less and less need for foreign technology (aka. European technology). No need to worry about foreign tech, because smart people/money know where/how to flee risk. The WWII experience is a perfect example: America reaped the top talents from all of the Europe.

Canada adopted protective policies later. It was never seriously fully industrialized under the British empire and had been the dumping yard of British manufactured goods. For long time, English Canadians perceived themselves as royal Queen's subjects and Britons. Some local elites even cried and pleaded to the Crown when UK decided to let Canada go independent. Industrial polices changed only after MacDonald was put there as the prime minister (he was highly respected in Canada--face on the Canadian bills) who consolidated various canadian dominions and set up common tariffs against Europe.

The most industrialized region of Canada are Ontario, then Quebec--but Quebec was fading out fast.

In summary, my points.

1. close the door--not to foreign talents, but to foreign manufactured goods. It was practised before.

2. America did not need Asian engineers (from China and India) that much. The boom of IT industry created a wrong impression. Actually in various fields, esp., outside IT, I often observe that the top scientists are still Americans and Europeans. Asians compete on the cheap and hard-work basis and mainly fill in the middle-tier in various research institutions.

I am Asian too, so just speak the truth, with no offense.

3. China paid premium price, but Canadians are not giving the best oil properties to Chinese firms. There is implicit alliance between the Albertan and American elites.

Australians paid premium prices for Potash--even the deal from their Anglo brother was still killed. Do you think Steve Harper will give Canadian's high-quality resources to communists from Red China (of course, China is a pure capitalist nation, but it is not perceived in this way at all in Canada)?

Canadians (excluding Quebecors) are American's brothers in culture/language.

In period of global turmoil, it is economic dependence, blood, geopolitical national interests, and culture that will honor treaty, not some contracts signed between non-trusting parties. Fiat money will be trash. Gold might be the only tool to settle purchases.