Yep. as I understand it, Canada is the single biggest importer of oil to the USA.

Hey, did you know that California only owns about 8.5 billion $...

Well I have not read the ten pages of this thread so this might have been brought up already.
It’s simple really; Martin just has to tell Bush to keep the money owed to Canada and her people, to spend it on the Americans he ignores that have no value to him. The under privileged the homeless, the hunger the downtrodden. And in return Martin can give all Canadians an extra deduction marked American charity on their income tax forms say for about 150$ per-person.