The Globe and Mail filed a report last week claiming BMW are considering bringing the MINI Cooper D to Canada.

The revelation is mentioned purely as an aside in an article focusing on senior auto industry executives’ desire for the federal government to establish a national fuel standard to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve standards in the industry in general.

The important quote reads:

“We need a clean diesel fuel in Canada,” said Lindsay Duffield, president of BMW Canada Inc., whose company will start selling diesel vehicles in Canada next year and is considering bringing in a diesel version of its Mini that now sells in Europe.

Whether or not this came from the horses mouth, or is pure speculation on the part of the Globe of Mail is left to us to decide. But it would be a good move for them to do so. And while they’re at it, why not ship it South of the border too, we’re sure it’s wanted.