[Newsbot]

Title: Supporting oilsands a unity issue, Ignatieff says
Category: Political
Posted By: mtbr
Date: 2009-02-27 17:55:46
Canadian

[ryan29]

it wasn't a national unity issue during the last election when ignatieff last time i checked was in support of the liberal policy they ran on . but its somehow a national unity issue now ? when we figure out what he is talking about let me know .

[poquas]

He’s a politician. It shows. Consider where he was when he said it.

Quote:

“But he did warn that future development needs to be greener.”

That’s the only part there’s no argument with.

Weird twist of events today. Iggy appearing to support the tarsands (‘scuse me OILsands), and Harper finally having a dose of oxygen hit his brain and realizing Afghanistan is a really bad place to be.

[hurley_108]

ryan29 wrote:

it wasn't a national unity issue during the last election when ignatieff last time i checked was in support of the liberal policy they ran on . but its somehow a national unity issue now ? when we figure out what he is talking about let me know .

How about making it easier to figure out what YOU'RE talking about first?

[Freakinoldguy]

Quote:

All of Canada benefits from oilsands development, Ignatieff told a Chamber of Commerce lunch in Edmonton Friday.

"The oilsands are an integral part of the future of Canada," he said. "No other country in the word would toss away this advantage."

He hit the nail on the head. If we don't have the Oilsands, we don't have transfer payments and the East Coast along with Ontario, will be deep in it.

He's probably the first Liberal since Pearson to look at the big picture and actually state an economic reality, without the political rhetoric.