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Monday, March 5, 2012

Martin Regg Cohn: Why Ontario won’t apologize to Alberta over the tarsands — sorry, oilsands (in The Toronto Star)

"... it hurts when Alberta’s exports drive up our double-edged petrodollar and price our exports out of the market. ... My polite (if impolitic) answer, at the end of a scrum, merely pointed out that our manufacturing heartland has paid a heavy price in lost jobs. Heard of Caterpillar? ...

"When your bitumen belches carbon into the atmosphere, remember that Ontario is rapidly closing all its coal-burning power plants to reduce our pan-Canadian footprint for greenhouse gases. I don’t hear you thanking us for that. ...

"When you feel our pain, we’ll celebrate your gain."

Full article: Canada News: Cohn: Why Ontario won’t apologize to Alberta over the tarsands — sorry, oilsands.

Great letter (even if imaginary) from the Premier of Ontario to the Premier of Alberta.