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Ethanol: Why The Cold Shoulder?
By Mr Ethanol | November 1, 2007
Regina Leader-Post:
It took some doing, but Saskatchewan’s governing New Democratic Party and the opposition Saskatchewan Party, along with the province’s Liberal Party, have all actually managed to stay as far away as politically possible from ethanol during the ongoing election campaign. This despite the fact that, over the summer. Premier Lorne Calvert announced another in a long list of development initiatives — the $80-million SaskBIO program, which on the ethanol side aims to create a billion-litre/year industry for the province.
In the last six months, he also took the opportunity to continuously pressure his fellow Canadian premiers about securing access to E-85 fuel along the full length of the Trans-Canada Highway, plus committed his own government to scatter such stations throughout the province.
This is barely apparent, though, now that the election writ has been dropped. In fact, both NDP and Saskatchewan Party literature are virtually devoid of ethanol references.
The 40-page NDP election platform quietly reminds voters twice that it was the first to mandate ethanol, and delivers a very brief plug for SaskBIO. That’s it. Read more.
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