According to an internal document prepared by Environment Canada, released to CBC environment reporter Margo McDiarmid under Access to Information, Canadians are increasingly likely to question whether oil can be transported safely, whether by pipeline or rail. The government and the oil and gas industry have spent lavishly to promote fossil fuel development, but a poll for the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers found that only 51% of us think tar sands/oil sands development is worth the environmental risk; 49% think it isn’t.
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