No Brakes on Oilsands: Stelmach won't suspend land leases for now...

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No brakes on oilsands
+ z: V( v: W3 _( j, A" f$ O& WStelmach won't suspend land leases for now
, ^% z8 @0 i( p  ?6 y% DRenata D'Aliesio, Calgary Herald, Jason Markusoff, The, Calgary Herald; The Edmonton Journal
3 D; [+ S. C( X. x" V* f3 y2 gPublished: 6:38 am

, c# L6 k6 F# l& \0 P; E+ {EDMONTON - Conservative Leader Ed Stelmach signalled Monday he'll ignore a call from some of Canada's largest energy companies to control expansion in the oilsands to protect fragile lands. He also brushed aside a plea from the province's aboriginal chiefs to halt approval of new projects.

Stelmach, who famously said he doesn't believe in "touching the brake" on development, dismissed as preliminary a call for an immediate suspension of government land-lease sales in three massive environmentally sensitive swaths of northern Alberta.

, a* Y/ c) D# y  \4 d& GI'm in shock, even the energy giants are telling our government to put the brakes on oilsands development and Stelmach still refuses to do anything about it. Is he completely deaf/dumb/blind? I think the majority of Albertans realize that something needs to be done, whatever that something may be. I don't understand how Stelmach feels it is O.K. to be so careless.