Brian Mason and Alberta's NDP want the resources from the tar sands to be refined here in Alberta, instead of shipping them (and the jobs they represent) to the U.S.
Liberals and Conservatives are happy to let the resources flow out of province unrefined because that's what makes the highest profits for their supporters in big oil.
- Brian Mason
The Liberals and Conservatives are on the side of big oil
During his run for the Leadership of the Conservative party, Ed Stelmach said shipping bitumen was like "stripping the topsoil off your farm and selling it."
But after getting elected-he promptly flip flopped and allowed more pipeline construction to go ahead.
The Liberals' solution is to ship bitumen east and west instead of south - meaning the jobs and prosperity still leave Alberta.
Both the Liberals and the Conservatives are beholden to big oil companies who contribute hundreds of thousands of dollars to their parties each year. Those donors make huge profits by shipping unrefined resources south. As long as they take money from big oil companies, neither the Liberals nor the Conservatives can be trusted to stick up for middle-class Albertans.
Brian Mason and Alberta's NDP are on our side
One third of all bitumen (raw, unrefined oil from the tar sands) is shipped to the US via pipelines for upgrading. That represents a loss of jobs for Albertans and a loss of resource royalties for the province. It also means we have to strip our resources harder and faster to get the same economic output.
Only Brian Mason and the Alberta NDP support a policy of upgrading all bitumen in Alberta. Our province fought hard to get control of our resources - now we need to take advantage of it.
The NDP leader who leaves few political stones unt
Brian Mason, the NDP leader who leaves few political stones unturned..
Rick Bell, Calgary Sun
January 12, 2007
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