We live in a country that is cold and we require natural gas and other substances to heat our homes, so we know that oil is a very valuable commodity. The proposed takeover of a major Canadian oil sector, in this case Nexen, by the foreign company CNOOC, a state owned Chinese company, is of major importance to Canadians.
Le projet d'acquisition d'une importante pétrolière canadienne, en l'occurrence Nexen, par la société CNOOC détenue par l'État chinois, revêt une importance cruciale pour les Canadiens.