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starseed · 03-03-2009, 02:25 PM

I mostly identify with the centre-left side of the political spectrum, I am very happy with how Michael Ignatieff has approached the engineering marvel taking place in the oil sands. While I do wish we as a society could start to develop alternative energy sources, that does not change the fact that it is vital to our daily lives. The oil companies should be required to extract the oil with as small of an environmental impact as reasonable, but do not burden them with unnecessary taxes and restrictions to the point where projects dry up completely and production slows. Common sense, not rhetoric, is what is needed... especially during a recession.

Thanks for speaking up, you old windbag!

03-03-2009, 02:25 PM	#12
starseed First Line Centre Join Date: Feb 2009 Exp:	I mostly identify with the centre-left side of the political spectrum, I am very happy with how Michael Ignatieff has approached the engineering marvel taking place in the oil sands. While I do wish we as a society could start to develop alternative energy sources, that does not change the fact that it is vital to our daily lives. The oil companies should be required to extract the oil with as small of an environmental impact as reasonable, but do not burden them with unnecessary taxes and restrictions to the point where projects dry up completely and production slows. Common sense, not rhetoric, is what is needed... especially during a recession. Thanks for speaking up, you old windbag!