<div dir="ltr">Thank you for the letter Donald and the article, Dave & Cathe.<div><br></div><div>Sharon</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 6:54 PM, Dave Arthur <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arthurd23@bell.net" target="_blank">arthurd23@bell.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_-5752095879028325651WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">There’s a good article in today’s Globe that tells it like it is.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The tarsands should be left in the ground.</p><p class="MsoNormal">It’s uneconomic without our big subsidies.</p><p class="MsoNormal">If demand for oil decreases as it should the price could go down to $30/barrel, half the cost of getting oil from the tarsands.</p><p class="MsoNormal">I copied the article and attached it.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, Trudeau and Notley are politicians first and true leaders for the common good second.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Dave</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" target="_blank">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:cdcampbell9@gmail.com" target="_blank">Catherine Campbell</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Sunday, April 15, 2018 5:51 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:fvc-wat-disc@listserv.thinkers.org" target="_blank">FVC Waterloo Region Discussion</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [fvc-wat-disc] A letter for the Planet ... not PR but of equalimportance</p></div><div><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Exactly!!!<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On Apr 15, 2018, at 5:49 PM, Donald Fraser <<a href="mailto:donaldafraser@gmail.com" target="_blank">donaldafraser@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Dear Editor,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">  <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.5pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1d2129">In today’s televised speech Trudeau asserted federal authority and ‘National Interest’ to proceed with Kinder Morgan expansion. I assert the right of Earth's citizens to an unpolluted sea and ‘International Interest’. This dirty bitumen sinks. All the king's horses and all the king's men can't clean a spill from the bottom of the sea and one will happen. Bitumen with its toxic mix of solvent should never cross waterways. Refine in Alberta (best) or ship to the Gulf of Mexico via XL. A spill on land is not desirable but it can be cleaned up.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1d2129">Trudeau offers expansion to Tar Sands companies without a corresponding requirement of them to lower their carbon footprint.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1d2129">Why not: "OK we will allow you to increase production but only if you meet your share of the Paris Accords. Produce your steam using safe nuclear power or find another environmentally friendly way to generate steam. Then and only then will you be allowed to expand production."</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-fami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