Stumbled upon this list of national debts

[simon_belanger]

Ahhhh, hah hah haaaaahhhh......

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[syrius328]

Nothing like having a debt greater than nearly double the entire world's debt put together. Those guys are screwed trying to pay it off.

Wasn't aware we had so much cash in reserves, though.

[simon_belanger]

"The world is a safer place!"

And yeah, we've got a real nice wad of cash in our back pocket. My suggestion: sink it into the needed infrastructure to ramp up production in those Alberta oil fields! Subsidized gas for all Canadians! :)

Did you know that the only other country with more confirmed oil reserves than Canada is Saudi Arabia? Check out this list of estimated oil reserves:

Saudi Arabia 261,750
Canada 180,000
Iraq 115,000
United Arab Emirates 97,800
Kuwait 96,500
Iran 89,700
Venezuela 77,685
Russia 48,573
Libya 29,500
Mexico 26,941

[simon_belanger]

Oh, man...on that note, go look at this PDF which, on the second page, puts the American vs. Canadian oil reserves into hilarious perspective.

[syrius328]

That is awesome. And people think it's the close borders that keep the US on good terms with us.

[hunter99]

I actually thought Canada had a debt!

What is this based off of?

[hunter99]

Oh wow... CIA!

[simon_belanger]

Ummm....national debts/surplusses? It's circa 2005, though. Not sure what Harper's been up to recently.