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Joe Shlabotnik

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5. a LOT of Canadians are asking the exact same question.
Wed Feb 8, 2012, 06:39 PM
Feb 2012

A large segment believes that the tar sands are toxic and should be left as is. But another large segment is asking 1) why not refine it here and create needed longterm Canadian jobs, and 2) why ship out out the raw ingredient, just to re-import the finished product for the eastern half of the country. But as usual, multinational oil companies have no loyalty to any country, couldn't give a rats ass about jobs, environment, sustainability etc, and the Conservative government is deaf to it's constituents, and 100% in the pocket of the oil industry. Its a loose/loose for everyone except a privileged few.

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