 鲜花( 0)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
No brakes on oilsands
6 x7 [7 c8 l. f9 B3 ~Stelmach won't suspend land leases for now8 T# D. m7 n- u4 @1 D) k9 s) A
Renata D'Aliesio, Calgary Herald, Jason Markusoff, The, Calgary Herald; The Edmonton Journal
+ @. V1 w, a; u; t6 ^6 DPublished: 6:38 am" }4 `" u6 G8 @0 }
8 O( a/ @# s$ d* E0 U
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.
" I$ v) q c: Y0 M* y1 w. c( p, I7 _( Y, a. f
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.- V+ r2 T U& v h: e
& a. x* \: W# p! t* u7 x' }) e, [. V
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. |
|
狗仔卡
发表于 2008-2-28 11:47
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡