Alberta premier defends oilsands development at U.S. governors’ meeting.

Westmount Examiner, July 1, 2008 - “Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach defended his province’s development of crude from Canada’s massive oilsands Tuesday as environmentalist complaints trailed him to the Western Governors’ Association meeting in Wyoming. Stelmach said he expects his province’s oil industry to be scrutinized because it’s the top source of imported crude oil to the United States. Alberta exported 1.35 million barrels of crude oil a day to the United States in 2006, making up 13 per cent of U.S. crude imports. ‘Being the No. 1 supplier to the United States, we expect that we’ll be drawing attention, simply as a result of that,’ Stelmach said.” Read more.