be sourced from.
canada or elsewhere.
and in our opinion, you are much
better served by sourcing that
increased oil, increased in
terms of the portion of oil that
is being used in the u.s. from
canada, but rather than foreign
sources.
this is about energy security
for north america.
canada has the third largest
reserves of crude oil and would
supply about 20% of its imports.
we got the opportunities to
significantly grow that volume
over the next ten to 15 years
and we would like to do so and
we would like to sell it to the
united states.
third this is about job
creation.
the flip of the wheel sands and
the related infrastructure has a
potential and is currently
creating tens of thousands of
jobs in both canada and the
united states.
we've identified in excess of
2400 companies in 49 states in
the united states that currently
supply goods or services to the
oil sands development of the
related infrastructure and there