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https://policyoptions.irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/oil-fire-640x427.jpg600400The war in the Middle East, precipitated by an attack on Iran by the United States and Israel, has reopened debate in Canada about oil exports, global strategic petroleum reserves and what it could all mean for our country’s energy sector. Human cost should always be the first consideration in times of war, but how […]