What in Tarnation?

In many ways Canada is the newest Petro State on the block. Oil is creating wealth, for some, and altering for all our politics, atmosphere, and environment.

Dr. Gordon Laxer has been at the very centre of the discussion of these issues for over three decades now. He and his brother James met with the Trudeau cabinet in the 70's about energy and Canada's national interest. In the 80's he became a professor of political economy at the University of Alberta, and from there he founded the Parkland Institute. One of the most effective public advocacy research institutes in the country.

On August 17 we are fortunate to have him as our presenter. He will deliver for us a paper he has written on the tarsands, and then engage in a wide ranging discussion on how we got to where we are and how we might get to where we'd rather be.

You can read the op-ed that he wrote for the Toronto Star on July 27 by following this link.

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1030939--what-in-tar-nation