No, no, no, no, no, and NO.
Marathon in Galveston cannot swap out light, sweet Texas crude for the gloopy stuff that comes out of Canada’s Athabasca range.
But beyond that, on what planet does a producer subsidize a consumer at a loss?? US refiners have the option of shutting down production, but short of that they’re SOOL.
Canada has been subsiding their lumber industry for decades. Oil is a commodity and price is the basic factor. Saw oil dropped 3 today and production went up 3 million barrels, do you think we are going to pay more for Canadian oil than our own or Some other producer?
Nice try though, maybe your argument will work on someone else.