Quote Originally Posted by Nyx View Post
Not sure what you mean. Oil doesn't last forever, whether Canada sells it to China or uses it just for themselves. Relying on it is a dead end for everyone involved, as well as Canada. Eventually it will run out. But I'm guessing you're talking about how Canada will be reliant on China when their reserves go out, putting China in a better position to take advantage of Canada economically in the future?
No China has boughten the oil from the ground up. They own the oil before it is extracted from the ground and then they own the raw oil (bitumen). They also process the oil, it is not refined in Canada, it is pipelined across the continent and then shipped to China. There it is refined as they see fit. The value of oil is not in the raw resource, it is in the final oil products, for instance, gasoline.

Put it this way...its like you owning the rights to your neighbours fridge. Your neighbour may have the fridge in their kitchen yet because you own the food and condiments inside of it, your neighbour may not eat the food himself. He sold you the fridge and the food, still he shoulders the cost of running it. The burden is on him, for less of the value of the "right to fridge".