Ethical oil or an environmental disaster? Neither, it’s about the economy, stupid

In a fragile economy, support for the oil sands is not about ethical oil but simple economics.

OTTAWA—We have all heard stories about the environmental disaster that is the Alberta oil sands: the toxic tailing ponds, killed flocks of ducks, and massive amounts of greenhouse gases. We have also been told that the oil sands represent the greatest industrial and economic benefit to Cana...

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