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David,Renee [NCR]Wednesday, June 01, 2011 7:35 PMReinert,Chantal (NCR]; '[email protected]'Henley,David [NCR]

Subject: Re: FOR APPROVAL Media call: Emissions intensity for the oilsands (Mike De Souza - PostmediaNews)S orry - am not dear. Isthis ok to be sent to reporter?From: Re in er t,Chan ta l [NCR ]Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 07:28 PMTo: 'C arlo tta .C ollin s@p co -b cp .g c.c a' ; D av id ,R en ee [NCR)Cc: Hen le y,D av id [NCR]Subject: R e: F OR A PPRO VA L M edia call: E missions intensity for the oilsands (M ike D e Souza - Pos tm ed ia News)Hello,We do realize that the answer is technical. However, the question asked was very technical. It referred to aspecific section of the report . Please also keep in mind that this is the second or thrid request from this reporteron this specific report.ChantalSent using BlackBerry

From: Col lins, ca rlo tta [ma il to . :Car io t ta .Col lins@pco-bcp .gc .ca1Sent: Wed ne sd ay , J un e 01,201107:09 PMTo: Dav id ,R en ee [NCR]Cc: Hen le y,D avid [N CR ]; R ein ert,C ha nta l [N CR ]Subject: R e: FO R APPROVALM edia call: E missions Intensity for the oilsands (M ike D e S ouza - P ostrnedia N ew s)Renee, again, we feel this will lead to more Qs. Ok.Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld

---------------.~--.-"'------~----,from: David/Renee [NCR] [mai lt o:Renee.Dav id@ec .gc .ca)Sent: Wed ne sd ay , J un e 01,201106:06 PMTo: Col lins, ca rlo ttaCc: Hen le Y,D av id (NCR] ; R ein ert,C ha nta l [NCR] Subject: Re: FOR A PPRO VA L M edia call: E missions intensity for the oilsands (M ike D e S ouza - P ostm edia N ew s)We got M O approval. Can we send?From: Col lins, ca rlo tta [ma il to ;Car lo t ta .Co ll ins@pco-bcp .gc .ca ]Sent: Wed ne sd ay , J un e 01,2011 06:01 PMTo: David ,Renee [NCR ]

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Document Released Under the Access toInformation Act I DocumeNgti~-143 en vde la Loi sur l'acces a !'information.Cc: Henley,David [NCR]; Reinert,Chantal [NCR]SUbject: Re: FOR APPROVAL Media call: Emissions intensity for the oilsands (Mike De Souza - Postmedia News)This response is very technical + will nkely lead to more Os. 5.19(1)Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld

From: David,Renee [NCR] [mailto:[email protected]]Sent: Wednesday, June 01,2011 05:26 PMTo: Collins, CarlottaCc: Henley,David [NCR] ; Reinert/Chantal [NCR] Subject: FW: FOR APPROVAL Media call: Emissions intensity for the oilsands (Mike De S ouza - Postmedia News)Carlotta, this response is currently wilh MO for approval. His deadline was 5pm.

From: David,Renee (NCR]Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 4:46 PMTo:Cc: Boudreault,Felix [NCR]; t); Johnson,Mark [NCR]; Reinert,Chantal [NCR);Henley.David [NCR)Subject: FOR APPROVAL Media call: Emissions intensity for the oilsands (Mike De Souza - Postrnedia News)Importance: HighHiAs you know, we received follow-up questions from Mike De Souza on changes in emission intensity for the oilsands from 2008 to 2009. He also asked about EC dealings with C A P P oOur previous response, sent Monday night, is included at the bottom for reference.Here are our proposed responses. Approved by ADMs Mike Keenan and Karen Dodds. Urgent approvalrequested as De Souza is filing by 5pm.Question from Reporter:I was wondering whether Environment Canada could provide more information about this paragraphappearing in the last NIR for 2009:From 2008 to 2009, the emissions Intensity of upstream oil and gas production has increased slightlyfrom 4.48 to 4.53 kt C02 eq I PJ (1.1"10).During this same time period, the emissions intensity of the oil sands industry also increased (-14.5%).mainly the result of a new integrated mining and upgrading facility as well as a new integrated in-situbitumen extraction and upgrading facility. Both of these facilities ramped up production in 2009 and werenot operating at peak efficiencies due to the required tuning of complex processes duri.ng the ramp-up tofull-scale product.ion.Ihave been told that Environment Canada said inother communications that there was not a significantchange in emissions intensity for the oilsands sector between 2008 and 2009.Q1) 00 you have a report author or contributor from Environment Canada available for an interview toexplain this?The Executive Summary of the NIR states, on p 24 that" ...the oil sands industry has been reducing its per-unit

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emissions, and in 2009 intensity was 29% lower than in 1990." (This is based on data current at the time ofpublication.) The Executive Summary also indicated that this estimate is an aggregate of a number of sourcesand is subject to change as new information becomes available. Our preliminary information indicates that therewas very lit tle Change in the total emission intensity in oi! sands between 2008 and 2009.The statement about a 14.5% increase in emission intensity between 2008 and 2009 is found on page 58 of theNr R for 2011, and refers to the ~.ns ity of fugitive GHG emissjons, which are only a portion of the total emissionsfrom the oil aends. The increase in fugit ive emission is due mainly to a new integrated mining and upgradingfacility and a new integrated in-situ bitumen and upgrading operation.Fugitive emissions are defined as intentional (e.g. venting or fJaring) or unintentional releases (e.g. equipmentleaks) of GHGs from the production, processing. transmission. storage and delivery of fossil fuels and are listedseparately in the NIR. The full compliment of oil sands GHG emissions include these fugitives as well ascombustion emissions. Combustion emissions are generated from the plants. other stationary equipment and on-site vehicles.Q2) Also, can you tell me whether anyone from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers hascomplained to Environment Canada about the content of the report or pressured the department to reviseits figures or calculations?

Environment Canada works closely with all of its stakeholders to ensure we have the most comprehensive datacurrently available for the purposes of the NIR.

RESPONSE SENT MONDAY, MAY 30The Government of Canada is committed to provided to the public detailed information on the state of theenvironment and pollution affecting the environment.Canada's National Inventory Report, just published, reflects that commitment It is highly detailed and fully meetsthe requirements of the UNFCCC.As in past years, in 2011 Canada provided an extremely detailed report that encompasses the act ivit ies of allsectors of the economy, including oil sands.The UNFCCC requires a disaggregation of national greenhouse gas emissions by emissions-producing activity.The reallocation of these activity-based emissions by economic sector is not a requirement of the UNFCCC.In 2010, on a pilot basis, Environment Canada released economic sector estimates In addition to the normalNational Inventory Report (in other years this information has always been done and released separately).However, in analyzing the results, the department found weaknesses in the methodology and gaps in the datathat prevented an accurate calculation of total emissions for the entire oil sands sector.For this reason, in 2011, Environment Canada has decided to focus the UNFCCC report on the activity categoriesthat are required to provide the UNFCCC with the most accurate and detailed information possible,. and reporteconomic sector emissions separately once the statistics and methodology are finalized. This provides the mostaccurate and complete breakdown of Canadian emissions.The process of allocating emissions from UNFCCC-defined activity to the economic sector where those activit iestakes place requires combining emissions from across a variety of UNFCCC-defined activities.For example, for oil sands this includes assigning a certain portion of emissions from off-road heavy equipmentuse (classified under transportation emissions under the UNFCCC approach), fugitives and other UNFCCCdefined activit ies to the oil sands sector in order to produce a comprehensive estimate.

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We will f inalize these estimates only after the final electricity generation data for 2009 is available andincorporated into this work, For n ow , we have a preliminary estimate that oil sands emissions increased from 51 /2 per cent of total in 2008 to about 6 1 /2 per cent in 2009.At the same time, until Environment Canada completes its updated economic sector allocation of greenhouse gasemissions, it is not possible to precisely state the GHG emissions for the entire oil sands sector, as opposed tojust one or two activit ies within the sector.Current national Inventory Report data is available here. Specifically, oil sands data is available on pages 47 to59.EC Website: http://www.ec.gc.ca/Publicatioos/default.Q.SQ_?lang=En&xml=A07097EF-8EE 1-4FFQ-9AFB-6C39 20 78D 1A9UNFCCC:. n . t m ; l lu nfccc.intln~tiooal ~rtslao nex ghg inventories/national inventories submissions/items/5888_"QQQ

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Document Released Under the Access toInformation Act I Documel}ita~BtIll!~ en vede la Loi sur l'acces a l'intorrnatlon.David,Renee [NCR]From: David ,R ene e {NCR ]Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 7 :51 PMTo; Johnson,Mark [NCR]Subject: Fw: FO R APPR OVAL M edia cad.Em issions intensity_for the ollsands (Mike De Souza - PostmediaNews)

Send him response but not the kpia stuff yetFrom: Coll ins , Car lo t ta [mall to :Car lo t ta .Col lins@pco~ .bcp.gc.ca]Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 07:43 PMTo: D avid ,R en ee (N CR ]; R ein ert,C ha nta l [N CR ]Cc : Henley,David [NCR]Subject: Re:FOR APPROVAL M edia call: Em iSsions intensity for the oilsands (M ike De Souza ~ Postmedia News)Yes it is .Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld

From: David/Renee [NCR] [mailto:Renee.David@ec,gc,ca]Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 07:34 PMTo : Reinert,Chantal (N CR ] < Ch an ta l.R ein ert@ ec.gc .c a>; C ollin s, C arlo ttaCc: HenleY,David [NCR] Subject: Re:FOR APPROVAL Media cal!: Em issions intensity for the oilsands (M ike De Souza ~ P os tm ed ia N ew s)Sorry - am not clear. Isthis ok to be sent to reporter?From: Reinert,Chantal [NCR].sent: Wed nes da y, J un e 01, 201107:28 PMTo: 'C arlo tta . C ollin s@p co -b cp .g c;c a' ; D av id .R en ee [NCR]Cc : Henley ,Dav, id [NCR]Subject: R e: FO R APPROVAL Media call: Emis sio ns in te ns ity fo r the oil s an ds (M ik e De Souza ~ Postmedia News)Hello,We do realize that the answer is techn ical. Howeve r, the question asked wa s very techn icaI. It refe rred to aspecific section of the report. please also keep in mind that this is the second or thrid request from this reporteron this specific report.ChantalSent using BlackBerry

From : Co ll in s, Ca rlot ta [mai lt o:Car lo tta. CoUins@pco~bcp.gc,ca]S en t: W e dn es da y, June 01,2011 07:09 PMTo: Dav id ,R en ee [NCR )Cc : Henley .Dav id [NCR]; Rein ert,C ha nta l {NCR]

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Subject: Re: FOR APPRO VAL M edia call: Em issions intensity for the oU sands (Mike De Souza - Postm edia News)Renee, again, we fee! this wHl !ead to more Os, Ok.Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld

From: David,Renee (NCR] [mai l to:[email protected]]Sent: Wednesday, June 01,2011 06:06 PMTo: Col lins , Car lo ttaCc: Hen leY,Da vid [NCR ] ; Re in er t/Chan ta l. { NCR ] Subject: R e: FOR APPROVA L M edia call: Emissions intensity for the o il sands (Mike De Sou za - Pos tm ed la News)We got MO approval. Can we send? ---- ._-_._-_From; Coll ins , Car lo tta [ma il to ;Car lo t ta [email protected] ]S ent: W ednesday, June 01, 2011 06:01 PMTo: D avid,R enee [N CR ]C c: H enley,D avid (NCR ]; R einert,C ha nta l {N CR ]Subject: Re: FOR APPROVAL Media call: Emissio ns in ten sity for the oilsands (M ike D e Souza - Postmedia News)This response is very technical +wm l ikely lead to more Os.Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld

From: David,Renee [NCR] [mai lt o:Renee .David@ec .gc.ca ]Sent: Wednesday, June 01,2011 05:26 PMTo: Coll in s, Car lo tt aC c: H en le y,D av id [NCRJ ; R ein ert,C ha nta l (NCR ] Subject: FW : FOR APPROVAL Media call: Em issions intensity fur the otlsands (Mike De Souza - Postmedla News)Carlotta, this response is currently with MO for approval. His deadline was 5pm.

From: David ,Renee [NCR ]Sent: Wednesday, June 01,20114:46 PM s.19 (1)To:Cc: Boudreault,Felix [NCR]; ; Johnson,Mark [NCR); Reinert,Chantal [NCR];HenleY,David [NCR]Subject: FOR APPROVA L M edia call: Emissions inte nsity fo r the oilsands (Mike De Souza - Pos tm ed ia News)Importance: HighHiAs you know, we received follow-up questions from Mike De Souza on changes in emission intensity for the oilsands from 2008 to 2009. He also asked about EC dealings with CAPP.Our previous response, sent Monday night, is induded at the bottom for reference.Here are our proposed responses. Approved by ADMs Mike Keenan and Karen Dodds. Urgent approvalrequested as De Souza is filing by 5pm.Question from Reporter:

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I was wondering whether Environment Canada could provide more information about this paragraphappearing in the last N~Rfor 2009:From 2008 to 2009, the emissions intensity of upstream oil and gas production has increased slightlyfrom 4.48 to 4.53 ktC02 eq I PJ (1.1% ).During this same time perlcd, the emissions intensity of the oil sands industry also increased (-14.5%),ma\nly the result of a new integrated mining and upgrading facility as well as a new integrated in-situbitumen extraction and upgrading facility. Both of these facilities ramped up production in 2009 and werenot operating at peak efficiencies due to the required tuning of complex processes during the ramp-up tofull-scale production.I have been told that Environment Canada said in other communications that there was not a significantchange in emissions intensity for the oilsands sector between 2008 and 2009.Q1) Do you have a report author or contributor from Environment Canada available for an interview toexplain this?The Execut ive Summary of the NIR states, on p 24 that .. ...the oil sands industry has been reducing its per-unitemissions, and in 2009 intensity was 29% lower than in 1990." (This is based on data current at the t ime ofpublication.) The Executive Summary also indicated thai this estimate is an aggregate of a number of sourcesand is subject to change as new information becomes available. Our preliminary information indicates that therewas very litt le change in the total emission intensity in oil sands between 2008 and 2009.The statement about a 14.5% increase in emission intensity between 2008 and 2009 is found on page 58 of theNIR for 2011, and refers to the intensity of fugitive GHG emissions, which are only a portion of the total emissionsfrom the oil sands ..The increase in fugit ive emission is due mainly to a new integrated mining and upgradingfacility and a new integrated in-situ bitumen and upgrading operation.Fugitive emissions are defined as intentional (e.g. venting or flaring) or unintentional releases (e.g. equipmentleaks) of GHGs from the production, processing, transmission, storage and delivery of fossil fuels and are listedseparately in the NIR. The full compliment of oil sands GHG emissions include these fugitives as well ascombustion emissions, Combustion emissions are generated from the plants, other stationary equipment and on-site vehicles.Q2) Also, can you tell me whether anyone from the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers hascomplained to Environment Canada about the content of the report or pressured the department to reviseits figures or calculations?Environment Canada works closely with all of its stakeholders to ensure we have the most comprehensive datacurrently available for the purposes of the NIR.

RESPONSE SENT MONDAY, MAY 30The Government of Canada is committed to provided to the public detailed information on the state of theenvironment and pollution affecting the environment.Canada's National Inventory Report, just published, reflects that commitment. It is highly detailed and fully meetsthe requirements of the UNFCCC.As in past years, in 2011 Canada provided an extremely detailed report that encompasses the activit ies of allsectors of the economy, including oil sands.The UNFCCC requires a disaggregation of national greenhouse gas emissions by emissions-producing activity.

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Document Released Under the Access toInformation Act I DocumEFi\g@j~4IffiJ$lende la Loi sur l'acces a I'information.The reallocation of these activity-based emissions by economic sector is not a requirement of the UNFCCC.In 2010, on a pilot basis, Environment Canada released economic sector estimates in addlflon to the normalNational Inventory Report (in other years this information has always been done and released separately).However, in analyzing the results, the department found weaknesses in the methodology and gaps in the datathat prevented an accurate calculation of total emissions for the entire oil sands sector.For this reason, in 2011, Environment Canada has decided to focus the UNFCCC report on the activity categoriesthat are required to provide the UNFCCC with the most accurate and detailed information possible.. and reporteconomic sector emissions separately once the statistics and methodoLogy are finalized. This provides the mostaccurate and complete breakdown of Canadian emissions.The process of allocating emissions from UNFCCC-defined activity to the economic sector where those activitiestakes place requires combining emissions from across a variety of UNFCCCdefined activities.For example, for oil sands this includes assigning a certain portion of emissions from off-road heavy equipmentuse (classified under transportation emissions under the UNFCCC approach), fugitives and other UNFCCC-defined activities to the oil sands seclor in order to produce a comprehensive estimate.Looking to other sectors, it also involves, among others, the allocation of a certain amount of off-roadtransportation emissions to the agriculture sector to ensure that farm tractors and other mobile farm equipmentare represented there, the allocation of pipeline emissions from the UNFCCC category of transportationemissions to the oil and gas sector, and the allocation of UNFCCC-defined process and fugitive emissions to theeconomic sector that generated them.We will finalize these estimates only after the final electricity generation data for 2009 is available andincorporated into this work. For now, we have a preliminary estimate that oil sands emissions increased from 51/ 2 per cent of total in 2008 to about 6 1/ 2 per cent in 2009.At the same time, until Environment Canada completes its updated economic sector allocation of greenhouse gasemissions, it is not possible to precisely state the GHG emissions for the entire oil sands sector, as opposed tojust one or two activities within the sector.

Current national Inventory Report data is available here. Specifically, oil sands data is available on pages 47 to59.EC Website: .bUp,;/~.ec.gc.ca/Publications/defaultasR.7lang=-En&xr(ll=A07097EF::8J;I;j -4.FFO..:.~AE~6C3.:9.20ZBQ..1A9UNFCCC:http://unfccc.intlnational r~DQrts/annex ighg inventories/national inventories submissionsiitems/5888.php.

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Henley.David [NCR]; Boudreault,Felix [NCR); Reinert,Chantal [NCR]; Johnson,Mark [NCR];SUbject: **Followup media call - NIR (Mike De Souza - Postmedia)Importance: High. .De Souza came back this morning with this question. This is what we would like to respond with.Response approved by Michael Keenan and Karen Dodds.

Q. I'd also specifically like to see if you can provide me with a breakdown on what proportion of aUsandsemissions fall into the "fugitive" category and can explain whether there is any trend in terms of whatproportion it has represented of the totals since 1990. Also whether the experts who compiled thisspecific data can assess how much certainty there is in terms of their estimates for the "fugitive"emissions.Table 2-7 provides information on the trend in fugitive emissions from 1990 to 2009. From this table, it can bedetermined approximately what percentage of total greenhouse gas emissions is represented by fugitiveemissions.Although uncertainty assessments are subject to a certain amount of interpretation, EC has studied theuncertainty of the emission estimates that make up the Inventory. The results are summarized in Annex 7 of thepublication.

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David,Renee [NCR]From: David,Renee [NCR]Sent: Thursday, June 02,2011 5:09 PMTo: Johnson,Mark [NCR}Subject: FW : ~Follow-up media call - NIR (Mike De Souza - Postmedial

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from:Sent: Thursday, June 02 ,2011 5:07 PMT o: D avid,R enee [N CR ]Subject: F w: **F oU ow -up m edia ca ll ~ N IR (Mike De Souza ~ Po stmedi a)

From: I . __Sent: Thursday, June 02 , 2011 05:06 PMTo: !Subject: R e: **F ollow -up m edia ca ll ~ N IR (M ike D e S ouza ~ P ostm ed ia lGood to go- thanks

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De Souza came back this morning with this question. This is what we would like to respond with.Response approved by Michael Keenan and Karen Dodds.Q. I'd also specificaUy like to see if you can provide me with a breakdown on what proportion of oilsandsemissions fall into the "fugitive" category and can explain whether there is any trend in terms of whatproportion it has represented of the totals since 1990. Also whether the experts who compiled thisspecific data can assess how much certainty there is in terms of their estimates for the "fugitive"emissions.Table 2-7 provides information on the trend in fugit ive emissions from 1990 to 2009. From this table, it can bedetermined approximately what percentage of total greenhouse gas emissions is represented by fugitiveemissions.

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David,Renee [NCR]From: David,Renee [NCR]Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 5:33 PMTo:Subject: RE: -Follow-up media call - NIR (Mike De Souza - Postmedia)

merci pour ton aide!

From:Sent: Thursday, June 02,2011 5:06 PMTo: Dav id ,Renee [NCR]Subject: Re: **F ollow-u p media call - N IR (M ik e D e S ou za - P os tmed ia )Just re- sent and talked to her about should not be longFrom: Dav id /Renee [NCR]Sent: T hu rs da y, J un e 0 2, 2 01 1 0 4:5 6 PMTo: . __Subject: FW: **Fo llo w-u p m ed ia c all - N IR (M ike D e S ou za - P ostm ed ia )Any news on this?

From: Dav id ,Renee [NCR]Sent: T hu rsd ay , Ju ne 0 2,2 01 1 4 :2 1 PMTo:Cc: Henley /Dav id [NCR]; Boudreault/Felix [NCR ]; Re ine rt ,Chant al [NCR ]; Johnson ,Mark [NCR ];SUbject: **Follow-up media call- NIR (Mike De Souza - Postmedia)Importance: High

. . De Souza came back this morning with this question. This is what we would like to respond with.Response approved by Michael Keenan and Karen Dodds.Q. I'd also specifically like to see if you can provide me with a breakdown on what proportion of oilsandsemissions fall into the "fugitive" category and can explain whether there is any trend in terms of whatproportion it has represented of the totals since 1990. Also whether the experts who compiled thisspecific data can assess how much certainty there is in terms of their estimates for the "fugitive"emissions.Table 2-7 provides information on the trend in fugitive emissions from 1990 to 2009. From this table, it can bedetermined approximately what percentage of total greenhouse gas emissions is represented by fugitiveemissions.Although uncertainty assessments are subject to a certain amount of interpretation, EC has studied theuncertainty of the emission est imates that make up the Inventory. The results are summarized in Annex 7 of thepublication.

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Lau,Henry [NCR]June 1, 2011 12:55 PMDavid,Renee INCRt Johnson,Mark [NCR]FW: Canada leaves oilsands pollution rise from UN report- Any info?4792559. bin?size=mobile290

DFAIT's wondering if we're looking to response to the De Souza piece on Monday. Icould tet her know that he's gotanother request with us right now that we're working on. and that we're sett ing upa briefing this afternoon.Henry LauConseiller en relations avec tes medias 1 Media Relations AdvisorServices rninisteriels en communications 1 Ministerial Communications ServicesEnvironnement Canada 1 Environment Canada10, rue Welling ton , 23e etage 1 10 Welling ton , 23 rd FloorGatineau (Quebec) K1A OH3Tel: 819~953-9738 Fax: 819-9'[email protected] du Canada IGovernment of CanadaSite Web IWebsite www.ec.gc.ca -_-_-------------_--'._---From: [email protected] [mailto [email protected]]Sent: June 1,201112:53 PMTo: PauJ.Duchesne@NRcan~RNCan.9c.ca;Lau,Henry (NCR}Subject: FW: Canada leaves oilsands pollution rise from UN report ~Any info?H i Paul and Henry!Program people over here are quite concerned about the coverage below. Do you guys plan to respond in any way?Do you have lines you might be able to share?Thanks very muchCaitlinCaitlin WorkmanSpokesperson I [email protected] 1 Telephone 613~992-6490Facsimile ITelecopieur 613-996-9276125 Promenade Sussex DriveOttawa, ON K1A O G 2Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada IAffaires etrangeres et Commerce international CanadaGovernment of Canada IGouvernement du Canada1""'1 Foreigi l1Af la l rs and. ~ IntemationalT fadeCanada Affaires et.ranaer~ etCommer c e infemal ion a J Canada Canada

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