Liberals, Tories defend Alberta oil sands

[CHIMO]

OTTAWA — Conservatives and Liberals both came to the defence of Alberta's oil sands Wednesday, responding to a stark 20-page spread in this month's National Geographic magazine.

The article, “The Canadian oil boom: Scraping the bottom,” details the environmental and social problems around the oil sands, as well as an explanation of the extraction process.

Inside the magazine's distinctive yellow-rimmed cover are grim, glossy photographs of sludge-filled tailing points and the grey, muddy moonscapes around Fort McMurray, Alta.

“In northern Alberta the question of how to strike that balance has been left to the free market, and its answer has been to forget about tomorrow. Tomorrow is not its job,” the article says.

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I think that we have a coalition government now.

Jack. Please pay attention. Don't. Don't attack this. Just put your party position forward for us to evaluate. Don't piss off Liberal supporters. You will get a lot more votes with sugar.

[Bragi]

1. Iggy is now officially pathetic

He truly believe that by pretending that the tar sands isn't an environmental disaster that the Libs will get Alberta votes.

Yeah right. What will happen is that he will lose votes to the NDP and the Greens while coming up with squat in Alberta.

At this point, even though I'm not a NDPer who always pretends that there is no difference between the Libs and the Cons, I think Harper has now been sufficiently tamed that there really isn't a lot of daylight between him and Iggy.

- B