I find it curious that almost alone among the oil producing and exporting countries, Canada has not used this as a tool for diplomatic leverage. In fact, Canada seems to have pretty much surrendered that option.
So we are in the curious situation now. We don't have a strategic petroleum reserve in Canada, almost half of our energy is imported, and yet we're exporting a huge amount, almost two-thirds of our oil production, south of the border.
So we don't have energy security, and we don't have anything in place to enhance energy security.