Canada’s Oil Industry Is Trying to Cash in on Iran War

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By Mitch AndersonMar 19, 2026, 1:53 pm100 pts
Never let a good crisis go to waste. That seems to be the strategy of fossil fuel interests trying to leverage the oil-related conflict in the Persian Gulf to lock in another chapter of oil extraction. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith flagged the unfolding war as a rationale to fast track bitumen export…

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