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Oilsands Pollution Data Left Out Of UN Report By Tories

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First Posted: 05/30/11 08:32 AM ET Updated: 07/30/11 06:12 AM ET

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The Ottawa Citizen:

The federal government has acknowledged it deliberately excluded data indicating a 20 per cent increase in annual pollution from Canada’s oilsands industry in 2009 from a recent 567-page report on climate change that it was required to submit to the United Nations.

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The federal government has acknowledged it deliberately excluded data indicating a 20 per cent increase in annual pollution from Canada’s oilsands industry in 2009 from a recent 567-page report on c...
The federal government has acknowledged it deliberately excluded data indicating a 20 per cent increase in annual pollution from Canada’s oilsands industry in 2009 from a recent 567-page report on c...
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Spencaa
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03:44 PM on 05/31/2011
What do you expect from the guy who think climate change is a socialist scheme?
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northstar11
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03:50 PM on 05/30/2011
what the hey ---its only a 20% increase in pollution levels in the worlds biggest eyesore -----

when it gets to 100% surely then they will come clean ---NOT---- as bev ota says
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03:54 PM on 05/30/2011
Supply and demand - thats how the world works. I wonder how many of the Alberta haters have given up their cars. Next time you fill up think of us and know how much we love you!
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ConcernfromCanada
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02:43 PM on 05/30/2011
Harper government not releasing information is news? He was found in contempt for not making disclosure to the HoC and was rewarded with a majority government so why would he start now?

Note to GuyCybershy -- one day you and your grandchildren will learn that you cannot eat, drink or breathe money.
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02:51 PM on 05/30/2011
Great post, and GuyCybershy is indeed a scary individual, I thought they only existed in military dictatorships.
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02:57 PM on 05/30/2011
You thought? That would be a first. There are more of us than you think, and now that Harpler has a majority you will be hearing plenty from us!
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02:54 PM on 05/30/2011
My grandchildren will be just fine thanks to the prosperity we are now building in Canada!
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03:02 PM on 05/30/2011
The whole country is going to be in the poor house when the true cost of this environmental catastrope has to be paid.
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Jim Cohoon
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02:35 PM on 05/30/2011
It is no coincidence that many of those who preach 'capitalist' market values while working behind the scenes to ensure the consumer is kept in the dark about what he is actually buying also preach 'democracy' while working behind the scenes to ensure that voters are kept in the dark about what they are actually voting for.
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02:39 PM on 05/30/2011
Capitalism? We don't have it yet, but we're working on it. Democracy? Democracy means the good guys win, and on that score Canada is right on track.
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02:52 PM on 05/30/2011
Democracy means " the good guys win" ? Are you 14 or 84?
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01:59 PM on 05/30/2011
Aah, what a shame. :(
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01:55 PM on 05/30/2011
They should rename it the Anti-environment Canada.
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01:12 PM on 05/30/2011
If the NDP is ^NOT up to the job, maybe it is time that the RCMP, or the ICC became Harper's Official opposition.

The man is a walking talking disgrace. Canada, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
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01:45 PM on 05/30/2011
Once we get the Keystone pipleline built, our victory will be complete. Nothing can stop us now!
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Kim Leaman
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08:34 PM on 05/30/2011
Just my luck. My first time here and I attract an uber-user. Who better to need a pipeline? I should have known. You are right. We are doomed. Uber-user? wow!
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12:48 PM on 05/30/2011
This is a government or liars and fools. First past the post electoral system my @ss. We need reform, these fools aren't resenting the majority of Canadians. How can a majority government be elected by 41% of the population? Only in Canada? Pitty.
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CanadaBob
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02:50 PM on 05/30/2011
Toddynho, you sure like to use the word fool when someone doesn't agree with your own beliefs. To follow your logic 41% of the country are fools. I guess when your friends and you elect a majority with less than 50% of the popular vote that is ok. It easy to be the one throwing darts, try holding the dart board for once. Or suggest an alternative.
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03:08 PM on 05/30/2011
They don't have one, they just gripe and bellyache because they have nothing else to offer Canada, the greatest society on earth.
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03:16 PM on 05/30/2011
41% sounds about right to me. What other conclusion can you draw when they vote for a government that has been found in contempt, that openly lies in documents, that's muzzled Environment Canada scientists and prorogued government because they they tried to pull a fast one and got caught? Seriously, the only reason they are in power, is before there are too many progressive parties, and we have this first past the post system that give us governments that only represent a small percentage of the Canadian population? As for your " holding the dartboard" bar-educated metaphor, you don't have a blue as to what I do so I'd suggest you avoid the stories your head is making up and stick to facts.
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11:23 AM on 05/30/2011
Why do we bother with the United Nations? It's none of their business. Oil from the tar sands is our mother's milk, and who would betray their own mother?
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12:46 PM on 05/30/2011
Yes, let's chastise the UN and celebrate the lies of government. Heck, if they really wanted to make Canada look pollution free, why not simply avoid all sorts of nasty stats n numbers n stuff and just make crap up? Ooops, they are!
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01:12 PM on 05/30/2011
A lie isn't really a lie, if you believe it in your heart!
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10:56 AM on 05/30/2011
Our data would look even better if we dropped automobile and heavy industry stats as well. We could be statically free of pollution if we tackle data from the farming industry as well. Consider how little green house gases cows would emit if we just ignored them.
Remember if a tree falls in the forest if there is nobody there will anyone hear it falling. Well the obvious answer to that is a resounding NO!
We will all breathe a little easier if we would just stick our heads in the sand.
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01:25 PM on 05/30/2011
shhhhhhhhhhhhhh Don't give Harpy any ideas.
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01:57 PM on 05/30/2011
Some good ideas there, fellow citizen! Statistics are for losers and we want Canada to win!
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02:53 PM on 05/30/2011
Ya, all that confusing useful information must get all muddled up in that thick head of yours.
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03:17 PM on 05/30/2011
Winning is for winners!
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10:26 AM on 05/30/2011
And it's what, 1 month into his majesty's majority?..............Look south to Canada's future. Neocon mislead and bleed nations. They do it well.

Hey buddy, can you spare me some oxygen, a little clean water?
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11:31 AM on 05/30/2011
Yes, by all means look south. Once we get our priorities in order we can build a dynamic economy like our neighbors. Canadians took a giant step toward reaching this goal on May 2, and there is nothing you naysayers can do about it.
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01:20 PM on 05/30/2011
Dynamic? Anemic job growth, long term depression levels of employment, millions and millions without access to good Doctors, etc.... You have an interesting definition of "dynamic."
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01:26 PM on 05/30/2011
40 % foolishly vote for a fool, he doesn't represent all Canadians, not even half the population. Canada has to change its first past the post system, and adopt something more representative of all of Canada.
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goleafsgo
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10:21 AM on 05/30/2011
How many times do I have to log in, HP? Come on. Once is enough isn't it?
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04:07 PM on 05/30/2011
They keep a close eye on leaf fans, best if you keep a low profile.
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goleafsgo
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06:58 PM on 05/30/2011
Ah, my western friend. See yah next year!
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madprophet
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10:04 AM on 05/30/2011
What a shock.
A group of people that have derived their success by lying to the Canadian people doing it again.

41% of use voted for these criminals and thugs.
When they are done, the Canada that we knew will be gone.
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01:27 PM on 05/30/2011
Canada needs election reform. 41% of the votes should not be a MAJORITY government. It shouldn't even be a government.
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goleafsgo
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07:01 PM on 05/30/2011
Maybe we should look at the new system that has been adopted by many countries in Europe. Britain has been considering it and put it to a vote. I do not know the results. Not sure how it works, but something like a referendum. Do you know?
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09:43 AM on 05/30/2011
The tar sands project has been one of the most environmentally destructive single ventures in the history of planet. Unfortunately truth and the suppression thereof by politicians and industry flacks will continue as long as people let them get away with it.
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10:01 AM on 05/30/2011
Utah, Wyoming and Colorado are next in line.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705371328/BLM-to-get-input-on-oil-shale-tar-sands-development-in-Utah.html?pg=1
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brinkley4
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03:14 PM on 05/30/2011
There are many who do not share your opinion. The oilsands are probably the best economic asset that Canada has, at present.
The global warming scam becomes less credible, by the day. If this is global warming , I shudder to think what global cooling could look like. !
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04:32 PM on 05/30/2011
I would say as always those benefiting from environmental degradation rarely see it as a problem but that doesn't make the process any cleaner.
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rickthaluddite1
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09:22 AM on 05/30/2011
Of course Harper and his crew wouldn't release that information. It's not good politics to say you support the actions of the biggest polluters in the country. The tarsands create more greenhouse gas emissions than all the motor vehicles in the country! WTF!
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brinkley4
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03:18 PM on 05/30/2011
Coal fired electricity plants generate way more CO2 than the oilsands. We're going to need that CO2, as we approach the next ice age, if the past is any guide. !
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