Most Americans unaware Canada is their biggest oil supplier, poll
June 28, 2006
WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests that only a tiny minority of Americans -- four per cent -- know that Canada is the largest supplier of crude oil to the United States.
But the survey also suggests that 88 per cent of Americans have a favourable view of Canada and that 41 per cent would be willing to pay even higher gasoline prices to replace oil from unstable regions.
The poll was released by the Canadian American Business Council to coincide with Alberta's promotional events this week in the U.S. capital. The province is also featured in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival starting Friday.
Murray Smith, Alberta's representative in Washington, says the province has just scratched the surface in educating Americans about energy and has started at the highest levels first. One in three Alberta jobs depends on exports to the United States and 85 per cent of those exports are petroleum and natural gas.
The poll surveyed 1,000 people from June 13 to 15. It has a margin of error of 3.1 per cent.
June 28, 2006
WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests that only a tiny minority of Americans -- four per cent -- know that Canada is the largest supplier of crude oil to the United States.
But the survey also suggests that 88 per cent of Americans have a favourable view of Canada and that 41 per cent would be willing to pay even higher gasoline prices to replace oil from unstable regions.
The poll was released by the Canadian American Business Council to coincide with Alberta's promotional events this week in the U.S. capital. The province is also featured in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival starting Friday.
Murray Smith, Alberta's representative in Washington, says the province has just scratched the surface in educating Americans about energy and has started at the highest levels first. One in three Alberta jobs depends on exports to the United States and 85 per cent of those exports are petroleum and natural gas.
The poll surveyed 1,000 people from June 13 to 15. It has a margin of error of 3.1 per cent.
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