looking at the conversion partly to find new uses for the Mainline, which is running half empty because Eastern Canada can import cheaper natural gas from shale gas fields nearby, partly because oil producers are worried that other pipeline options, like Keystone XL and Northern Gateway, won?t move forward. It would sure be nice to see our nation's oil wealth actually trickle down to the bottom line at the gas pumps. There's always going to be more money to be made exporting oil though. Like us in the US, you're stuck with the world's market value. An extra barrel produced in Canada will end up getting sold to the world's oil marketplace at the full price. With so much increased world demand, oil prices aren't going to come down any time soon. Both of our nations are ramping up oil production (so is Russia), and that will help drive oil prices down some. if these new mainline efficiencies reduce prices in Quebec by 10-20 cents per litre, the politicians here will just up the excise taxes by the same amount. Just like when Harper reduced the GST 2%, Quebec immediately moved to raise PST by same. Consumers can't catch a break here in Quebec, raising taxes is always the default option over cutting government when the question of tackling our oversized debts comes up. Like us in the US, you're stuck with the world's market value. An extra barrel produced in Canada will end up getting sold to the world's