Michael Ignatieff on Canadian Unity
I'm not a REAL political analyst, but I'd say that in labelling opposition to the tarsands development as counter to Canadian unity, which Michael Ignatieff essentially did the other day, he betrays a poor understanding of, well, pretty much everything to do with Albertans and other Canadians - who aren't Canadian Liberal politicians busily stumping on behalf of American oil companies (for some inexplicable reason).
I mean, nothing like assuming Albertans don't share the same concerns as environmentalists world over regarding the environmental devastation development of the tarsands will cause OUR habitat. And so much for any Liberal support in stopping the New Conservative/American Big Oil juggernaut responsible for it.
Someone needs to tip Iggy the Egghead off to the fact that the tarsands are exactly the sort of development Alberta, Canada, the United States - planet Earth - would be better off without. But I guess unity means different things to different politicians - depending on the audience. Here's hopin' he was just talking out of one side of his mouth to a particular audience and doesn't actually think developing the tarsands is a good thing - for anybody, least of all Albertans.
