Tarsands and Canadian Sovereignty

This is really cool, and I can't really add all that much to it. However, I am loathe to post something without having at least put a little analysis or thought of my own in, so I will say that the yanks among us should pay close attention to the argument that is bubbling just under the surface of most of the video - that the tarsands represent a serious threat to Canadian sovereignty. As much as I have resisted my country's clumsy attempts at patriotism over the years, I am a softie and probably not alone in preferring that Canada remain free and un-American as long as is possible. I don't think I'm alone in that sentiment, and I expect that, as paranoid as it may seem, the question of Canadian sovereignty will serve the anti-tarsands folks well - maybe even better than the environmental tack. It may seem like a pretty tenuous connection, that the people who exploiting the tarsands are NAFTA supporters/beneficiaries, but it's realer than you'd think. Albertans, especially those involved in oil and gas, have very, very little interest in Canada and its well-being, and they would stand to gain the most from its decline. I have eavesdropped on a disconcertingly high amount of executive power lunches in downtown Calgary where secession, annexation, or some combination of the two were heartily endorsed.