All financial numbers in this article are in Canadian dollars unless noted otherwise. Oil and gas prices are always in US$. Introduction XtockImages Essentially, there are two reasons why Canada's role in the global energy sector is essential: Canada has a lot of reserves. In fact, as reported by the aforementioned Reuters article, it holds the world's third-largest bitumen reserves. This means producers do not need to be afraid to run out of high-quality reserves anytime soon. Most major Canadian producers ...