Even the important contribution of Chapter 2, the proposed analysis requires a deeper study to understand the implications related to oil trade and how the expected oil production will be consumed by the demand. Considering only Canada for all the expected oil production from the Western provinces doesn’t seem enough. To achieve the forecasted production levels, producers of Western Canadian oil must find a market that values their oil at reasonable price. Without access to seaports, Alberta and
investment done and this looks like it is going to increase in future, and this has shown sign of rejection from the country’s environmentalists because it is taking away the natural resources and polluting the environment. Even though the nation has been benefited, there is contrary feeling towards it. There is different opinions and people are worried about the long run benefits or effects (Avery, Glossop, & Olexiuk, 2013). On the other hand, the government is taking steps to make sure that too
The landscape is affected as well. The surface mining requires a large area. With the amount excavated the mine is constantly growing. The area which the mining takes place in is called the Boreal Forest. This forest is an ecologically diverse natural resource. The forest is a combination of woodland and wet land, and composes of about thirty percent of the Canadian land mass . The forest is changed when the companies divert rivers or drain the wet lands. The water effected from the diversion