punditman says:
As Naomi Klein points out, as Baghdad burns, destabilizing the entire region and sending oil prices soaring, Calgary booms. The Iraq War has led to one of the largest oil booms in history. But it is occurring in Alberta, not Iraq, and the mining of the tar sands will result in an environmental catastrophe.
How many people make this connection? How many people earning the big bucks out west would even give a damn?
