[Ost-news] Stupid Tar Sands Schemes

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Stupid oilsands schemes  
Oilpatch welfare smacks of Don Getty years  
By NEIL WAUGH, EDMONTON SUN  
Tue, July 15, 2008

Premier Ed Stelmach was spreading the good news last week in hopes of deflecting any bad news he might get later this week when he meets his provincial counterparts in Quebec City.

"We need to spread the word," the premier told oil industry execs a day after unleashing $2 billion in oilpatch welfare, which had haunting echoes of the pump-priming Don Getty years.

"Our province is a reliable supplier of abundant energy produced in a responsible manner."

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