CANADA PERSPECTIVE

The Globe and Mail and CBC News cover the crisis with depth US media does not reach. The Globe details: Brent surged over 45% since February 28, spot prices hover around $106 per barrel, and over 3,000 deaths have been counted since the conflict began. CBC notes the Canadian equivalent of $4 American gasoline—$1.47 per liter—was exceeded at Canadian pumps days before the US. CBC's article is the only one integrating the Isfahan bombing (Iranian nuclear site) and "go get your own oil" in the same narrative, showing Trump oscillates between threatening war expansion and frustration with allies. The Globe mentions Trump shared video of Isfahan strikes while accusing France and the UK—a mix of military propaganda and diplomacy-by-insult Canadian media treat with analytical detachment typical of the country. Canada, the world's third-largest oil reserve holder (Alberta oil sands), watches this crisis with particular frustration: it has oil but lacks refining capacity and pipelines for mass export. The completed Trans Mountain project does not fundamentally change logistics. Canadian media are unique in systematically calculating equivalents in Canadian dollars and liters—not gallons—a reminder Canada lives in America's economic shadow while navigating its own vulnerabilities.