Mr. Gingrich, please stay after Geography class...

We're not sure that the Prime Minister is going to be overly thrilled with a shout out from Newt Gingrich, what considering the current tone of the Republican race for the nomination and all that, but one thing is certain, Gingrich's political aside about Canadian oil and gas certainly brings the focus back onto Canada in the American debate, though perhaps with a rather shaky hold on the geography of the nation above the 49th.

In his speech Saturday night after his success in the South Carolina primary, Gingrich applauded Prime Minister Harper as a good friend of America, ready to provide their thirsty vehicles and industry with gas and oil if only the US government of the day (hello Mr. Obama) would get out of the way.

Gingrich, using the current Keystone stalemate as a political point, proclaimed that the President was pushing Canadians into the arms of the waiting Chinese government, seemingly ready to begin the shipment of oil and gas through Vancouver and on to China.

A handy bit of political imagery we imagine, though somewhat incomplete as to the facts and combining two issues, the Keystone pipeline and the proposed Northern Gateway almost as one.

Of course, the plan to ship oil and gas to China isn't destined to flow through Vancouver (at least it isn't yet, time will tell we guess) rather it is destined to head through Northern British Columbia to port a Kitimat or maybe Prince Rupert.

We understand than in the fast paced environment of a Republican primary season, a quick scan of a map probably isn't key to the political arguments, still it's probably helpful to the debate to at least know where the Chinese are planning to accept all of that oil and gas that the US Government doesn't seem to want.

The Huffington Post provides the content of the Gingrich call out, something destined we're sure to be number one on the viewing list for Opposition members in Ottawa.

One thing is certain, whether the oil and gas ever makes it to the coast of British Columbia, whether it's Vancouver, Kitimat or Prince Rupert, the NDP and the Liberals are going to make sure that the visual of a Gingrich/Harper alliance stands the test of time...