Tories would limit oilsand exports (bitumen) to green countries.

This is from Canada.com. Canadaès cllimate change plans are hardly tough. I imagine the U.S. need not worry about being not able to import bitumen! The article does not bother to mention which countries might be banned from buying the bitumen. Perhaps China, but then surely China would rather buy the oil. I wonder how many countries actually import the bitumen.
There is one good piece of news though and that is that the Conservatives reaffirm that Canada is not required to export bulk water under NAFTA. However, if the Conservatives allow any province to do so this would then require further exports of water or there would be a complaint laid against Canada under the NAFTA provisions.

Tories would limit oilsand exports to green countries

Andrew Mayeda
Canwest News Service
Friday, September 26, 2008
CALGARY - Countries without climate-change plans as tough as Canada's would not be allowed to reap the benefits of the oilsands under a Conservative government, Stephen Harper announced Friday.
The prime minister said the Conservatives will ban the export of raw bitumen, the heavy black oil that lies in the oilsands, to countries that do not have targets for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions equivalent to Canada's.
The Tories are touting the announcement as a bid to protect Canada's natural resources and bolster the country's status as a "clean-energy superpower."
The Conservatives would also re-affirm Canada's position that the North American Free Trade Agreement cannot require Canada to export bulk water to other NAFTA countries.
"This is the right thing to do for our environment and our economy," Harper said.
"First, it will not allow industry to skirt our tough environmental targets by exporting unprocessed oil to avoid our regulations. Second, it will ensure that Canada and Canadians benefit from the revenues and jobs associated with oil-sands development."
Under their climate-change plan, the Conservatives have pledged to cut emissions 20 per cent by 2020, compared with 2006 levels. However, environmentalists and some independent analysts have estimated Canada is in danger of falling short of those targets, because of loopholes in the plan that favour industry.
Alberta currently produces about 1.3 millions barrels of bitumen per day, of which 500,000 are exported.