Canada says no magic solution to record oil prices

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TORONTO | Mon Jun 9, 2008 7:10pm BST

TORONTO (Reuters) - There is no magic solution for the rapid spike in oil prices to an all-time high and the market cannot be short-circuited, a senior Canadian finance official said on Monday.

The official, speaking during a briefing ahead of the meeting of G8 finance ministers in Osaka on Friday, was also open to the idea of a meeting of oil consuming and oil supplying nations.

(Reporting by Frank Pingue; Editing by Bernadette Baum)

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