The standard criticism of Conservative climate change policy is that Harper would never do anything that would hurt the Alberta oil industry. Hope this shuts them up:Oil sands face tough environmental rules
Mar 10, 2008 04:41 PM
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA–The federal government is laying out new rules that would force new oil-sands plants to capture and store carbon and would ban the building of dirty, coal-fired power plants.
The bans would be effective as of 2012.