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Federal Opposition Leader Stephane Dion considers review of oilsands tax laws

globeandmail.com: Dion says he’d review tax breaks to the oil sands

Mr. Dion attempted to cut short any suggestion that the moves would be perceived as anti-Alberta.He pointed out that former premiers Peter Lougheed and Ralph Klein, as well as Reform party founder Preston Manning, have all called for a move toward green technology.

Mr. Lougheed has called it a “major wrong” that, under the current rules, Alberta taxpayers subsidize multi-year capital projects for an industry so lucrative that it has sent the cost of living skyrocketing in the province.

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