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News Articles | CTV Calgary | September 29, 2010
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It is the premier’s hope that after Cameron’s tour of some of the reclamation project in the oilsands, he’ll now have a better understanding of how companies are working to keep the environment a priority.
Cameron has said he is interested in hearing what the industry is doing to mitigate the environmental impacts and wants to hear from the government about its plans to monitor the process.
The director arrived at the Alberta Legislature saying he was bringing an open mind and common sense to his meeting with Stelmach. He also refuted reports that he is planning to support a lawsuit against the Alberta government.
Tuesday morning, Cameron took an aerial tour of the oilsands before meeting with Aboriginal leaders in Fort Chipewyan who said the director vowed to support — even financially for legal action against the province relating to alleged water contamination in the community.
But Cameron set the record straight to CTV News.
“No I never said that, what I said was I was there to support whatever needs to be done… if they choose to take legal action that is their right and I’m not going to encourage that one way or another,” he said.
Cameron made headlines this year after saying Alberta’s oilsands are a “black eye” to Canada’s image. He said the government should be spending money on wind turbines instead of extracting crude oil.
In the spring, the Canadian director said he was interested in learning more about the Athabasca oilsands after he was contacted by local groups concerned about the environment.
Cameron also took time to meet with opposition leaders Wednesday morning.
Since the success of Avatar, Cameron has spoken out about the oil spill in the Gulf and travelled to Brazil to protest the construction of a hydro-electric dam threatening to displace thousands of people.
Cameron has arranged to speak publicly on his trip at a press conference later in the afternoon.
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