Canada to sell Obama, McCain on tar sands

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DENVER–The Canadian government is embarking on an aggressive sales campaign with the White House candidates to counter the "dirty oil" label that U.S. environmentalists and some politicians are tagging on Canadian exports.

As part of the campaign to promote Canada's oil sands industry as well as the Conservatives' environmental climate change plan within the Democrat and Republican camps, a pivotal meeting takes place today here.

Senior Canadian government and oil industry officials will hold a breakfast meeting with Barack Obama's top energy adviser Jason Grumet, the Star has learned.

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"We've got a new opportunity with the inauguration to turn the page, get a new relationship with a new administration," he said in an interview here.

http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/486056

[HeresyLives]

1. They just had Warren Buffet & Bill Gates

tour the place in an attempt to sell them on it too. However it seems both of them are more interested in an alternative form of energy.