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As countries look for an alternative to Russian oil in the wake of that country’s invasion of Ukraine, Americans are looking to Canada to provide that oil, according to a new poll.

As countries look for an alternative to Russian oil in the wake of that country’s invasion of Ukraine, Americans are looking to Canada to provide that oil, according to a new poll.

A week ago, U.S. President Joe Biden ordered a ban on Russian oil imports.

A Maru Public Opinion poll released Tuesday shows that 64 per cent of respondents want to import more oil from Canada to make up for the ban on Russian oil.

Alberta’s premier said Tuesday the province could currently replace about a third of what the U.S. imports from Russia.

“Right now, we are underutilizing our current pipeline export capacity by about 200,000 barrels a day, so we could ship more,” said Jason Kenney.

“In addition, we believe that pipeline companies could make some technical changes to also increase export capacity by another couple hundred of thousand barrels a day.”

Alberta has the capacity to increase pipeline exports by 10 per cent, according to Kenney. Industry experts believe there is only room to expand exports by about five per cent currently.