Harper government plays down oil sands document (Canada)

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The federal government disassociated itself on Thursday from an embarrassing official policy paper that said the country’s independent energy regulator, now studying a controversial oil pipeline, is in fact a government ally.

Greenpeace on Thursday released a policy paper from April, 2011, which listed the NEB as one of the government’s allies. The paper was part of a campaign to counter widespread criticism of the oil sands in the European Union.

The policy document was obtained by the Climate Action Network group through access to information legislation and then made public by Greenpeace.

“Canadians should be concerned when a supposedly arms-length agency that is supposed to regulate the oil industry, including conducting hearings on Enbridge’s proposed new tar sands pipeline across British Columbia, is listed as an ‘ally’,” said Keith Stewart of Greenpeace.


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/harper-government-plays-down-oil-sands-document/article2316087/

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1. Harper is a creature of the oil industry

And his asociates have close ties to the XL pipeline.