Venezuelan heavy crude returning to the market will make like more difficult for the oilsands unless we find new markets in Asia and Europe

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President Trump’s spectacular extraction of narco-dictator Nicolás Maduro doubtless terrified other American foes, including the mad mullahs of Tehran. It will have dramatic geopolitical consequences if it hastens the departure of the Iranian theocrats who have supported international terrorism and brutalized their long-suffering people.

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Maduro’s arrest also created unease among America’s allies. Canadian policymakers will be preoccupied with the broad strategic implications, including the potential hit to our economy, which is dependent on a healthy and profitable oil industry. Whistling past the graveyard,