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No brakes on oilsands
W8 e" }/ I) y1 z2 DStelmach won't suspend land leases for now5 S" ] y# y, [8 k* W
Renata D'Aliesio, Calgary Herald, Jason Markusoff, The, Calgary Herald; The Edmonton Journal: @3 h3 A9 @& Z6 z1 ~. ~
Published: 6:38 am; t; R: \/ `. n( N
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EDMONTON - Conservative Leader Ed Stelmach signalled Monday he'll ignore a call from some of Canada's largest energy companies to control expansion in the oilsands to protect fragile lands. He also brushed aside a plea from the province's aboriginal chiefs to halt approval of new projects.5 h: B- d' F! ^5 L7 S W" O, [
) a: I" o2 x3 H; K! Q1 |Stelmach, who famously said he doesn't believe in "touching the brake" on development, dismissed as preliminary a call for an immediate suspension of government land-lease sales in three massive environmentally sensitive swaths of northern Alberta.
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I'm in shock, even the energy giants are telling our government to put the brakes on oilsands development and Stelmach still refuses to do anything about it. Is he completely deaf/dumb/blind? I think the majority of Albertans realize that something needs to be done, whatever that something may be. I don't understand how Stelmach feels it is O.K. to be so careless. |
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