Oil imports harm more than thought

Re: “Oil imports are costing Canada,” Letter, Feb. 23.

Mike Priaro wrote that Eastern Canada imported 759,000 barrels per day of foreign crude oil in 2016, paying $14 per barrel more than buying from Western Canada, costing Canada $15 billion.

He forgot to mention that Easterners bought much of that oil using transfer payments. Those transfer payments came from Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Eric Collins, Calgary