Heading off to Copenhagen Canada has many of the hallmarks of a petrostate

Some have openly suggested that oil sands producers should be allowed to significantly increase their greenhouse gas emissions, even if that means forcing other sectors to take on additional expensive obligations to meet Canada's target.

One has to hand it to plain-spoken oil sands CEO Marcel Coutu, who had the temerity to openly state what the federal government and other oil industry executives are far too discrete to utter publicly.

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