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According to documents released by an access to information request by the Pembina Institute, Canadian diplomats may be actively campaigning against American environmental policies that might affect Canadian Tar Sands development. While this might not surprise the cynics out there it does contradict the Harper government stated position that it is waiting to update a variety of environmentally related policies here in Canada so that they can “harmonize” them with the Americans. The Obama administration, while slowly in some people’s opinions, has been moving ahead with a variety of environmental bills, bills which it seems the Canadian diplomatic team are attempting to resist, lest we have to mimic them here in Canada. Mark Brooks author of the Earthgauge blog and Montreal Journalist tracked down Danielle Droitch from Pembina to investigate the issue.

You can see the complete episode here: TGM #225 – Beer vs. Oil (January 21, 2011)