Oh, and you forgot to mention one thing. Canada just had its most conservative prime minister at the helm for the last 10 years. He was basically the equivalent of a US Republican. And his over-the-top boosterism of Big Oil? It may well have played into that sector's current state of affairs:
http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/stephen-harper-oils-worst-enemy/
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...ortunity-with-the-harper-era/article26881093/
http://www.desmog.ca/2015/05/04/has-stephen-harper-helped-or-hindered-oil-industry
Nice try, though.
Yes, it was probably his fault. Or Bush's. But nothing is ever Obama's fault here. Don't worry, we have the algorithm you want us to use.
