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FormerMikisewchieflobbiesfordirtyoillabelinEuropePoliticsEnergy11TuesdayOctober152013PolarVisionPRICEFREEZESALEONNOWUNTILSATURDAYNOVEMBER2Wherequalitycomesrstandservicecomesnaturally.PolarVision113510948thStreetintheNunasiBuilding.Tel867920-4500.TollFree1866944-7466Fax867873-4550.Emailpolarvisionssimicro.comHOURSMonday-Friday900am-600pmSaturday1000am-500pmSaleonregularpricedEYEGLASSFRAMESANDLENSESDESIGNERPOLARIZEDSUNGLASSESRay-BanMauiJimSerengetiDGBollPradaALLCONTACTLENSES50off20off20offNottobecombinedwithotherdiscounts.PhotocourtesyofGeorgePoitrasByMEAGANWOHLBERGAformerchiefofMiki-sewCreeFirstNationinFortChipewyanreturnedfromEuropelastweekfollowingaweekofmeetingswithof-cialsandthepublictosup-porttheEuropeanUnionsEUlabellingofoilsandscrudeasmorepollutingthanotherfuels.GeorgePoitraswasintheNetherlandsFranceandtheUKearlierthismonthtestify-ingtoEuropeanpolicymak-ersandelectedofcialsabouttheimpactsoftheoilsandsondownstreamFirstNa-tionsandpushingthegov-ernmentstosignontotheEUsfuelqualitydirectiveFQDdespiteanonslaughtoflobbyingfromtheCana-diangovernmenturgingthemtodootherwise.PoitrasvisitcoincidedwiththatoftwoAlbertanministersmeanttounder-minetheFQDinEurope.InternationalRelationsMin-isterCalDallasvisitedBul-gariaHungaryRomaniaLithuaniaandLatviawhileEnvironmentandSustain-ableResourcesDevelopmentMinisterDianaMcQueentraveledtoFranceAustriaCroatiaGreeceandSwedeninlateSeptember.Tarsandsoilisadirtyoilitsanunconventionaloil.DontmatterhowCan-adaAlbertaortarsandsoilcompaniesframeititsdirtyanditscarbonintensityisundesirableforaworldthatisstrugglingwithglobalcli-matechangeinducedbyin-dustrialdevelopmentlikethetarsandsPoitrastoldTheJournallastweek.MemberstatesoftheEUwillvoteonthedirectiveinmid-December.TheFQDwouldrequireEUrenersandshipperstoreducethecarboncontentoftheirfuelsbasedonalabellingsystemwhichranksoilsandscrudeasmorecarbon-intensiveemitting22percentmoregreenhousegasespervol-umethanconventionaloil.TheFQDinEuropeisnotonlygoodforcommu-nitieswhoaredirectlyim-pactedbeingdownstreamfromalltarsandsactivitiesacommunitythathasthemostatstakebutfortheworld.Theenvironmentalfootprintafter40yearsoftarsandsdevelopmentandonlylessthanvepercentofthetotaltarsandsdepositbeingminedisunfathom-ablePoitrassaid.Thefasterthedailypro-ductionoftarsandsgrowswithlittletonomitigationofexistingenvironmentalcon-cernsorallowingthesciencetocatchuptotheunprece-dentedpaceofdevelopmentwillonlycontinuetoexacer-bateourownenvironmentalchallengeswithwaterqual-itywaterquantityexponen-tialgrowthoftoxictailingspondsandprovenreclama-tionofwetlandsthataredailybeingdestroyed.Nottomen-tiontheconstitutionallypro-tectedtreatyrightsthatarerepeatedlybeinginfringeduponbyAlbertaCanadaanddomesticandforeign-ownedoilcompaniesheadded.BoththeAlbertaandfederalgovernmentsdisputetheEUsscienticdatastatingoilsandscrudeisalargeremitter.WhileAlbertadoesnotex-portitsoiltoEuropemean-ingoilsandsproducerswouldnotloseavaluablemarketCanadianofcialshavebeengreatlyconcernedtheFQDwouldsetadangerousprec-edentfortargetingoilsandscrudeinothermarketssuchastheUSandpromotesanegativeimageofthere-sourcethegovernmenthasbeenmarketingasanethi-calalternativetooilfromtheMiddleEast.TheamountofCanadianexportstotheEUareex-pectedtoincreaseaswellifmajorpipelineslikeTrans-CanadasproposedEnergyEastandtheKeystoneXLareapprovedandasren-eriesinWalespreparetoimportthefuel.AtapublicaddressinLon-donalongsideMPSimonHughesdeputyleaderoftheLiberalDemocratsPoitrasspokeaboutconcernspeopleinFortChipewyanhaveaboutwaterqualitythehealthofwildlifeandcancer.Wecurrentlyhavelit-tletonoinuenceonhowtheCanadiangovernmentisgoingaheadwithitsexpan-sionplansPoitrastoldthecrowd.RightnowforeignpoliciesliketheFuelQualityDirectivewillhaveasigni-cantimpactonthefateofourpeople.Ourpeoplecantwaitforfurtherdeliberations.Wereatacrossroadsinourhistoryastowhetherwesurvive.BesidesspeakingpubliclyaspartofapanelPoitrasalsometwithTransportMinisterNormanBakerandofcialsfromthedepartmentofEn-ergyandClimateChangeandthePrimeMinistersofcewhileinLondon.HealsometwithofcialsfromtheofceofSustainableDevelopmentandEnergyandtheministryofForeignAffairsinFranceandparliamentariansinTheHagueNetherlandstolendsupporttotheFQD.Mymessagewasthetruthaboutwhatweaslocalindig-enouscommunitieshaveandcontinuetoobserveafter40yearsoftarsandsdevelop-ment-apointofviewthatisnottoldbyourAlbertanorCanadianpoliticianswhohavespentmillionsofdollarslobbyingthesameofcesImetwithPoitrassaid.Theirresponsetomypre-sentationswasverymuchappreciatedandoftenwasthersttimetheyhadeverheardfromanyoneotherthanCanadianpoliticiansorlob-byistsfromoilcompanies.FormerMikisewChiefGeorgePoitrasvisitstotheFrenchMinistryofForeignAffairstogivesupporttotheEUfuelqualitydirective.