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Premier brushes off celebrities comments about the oilsands

The Premier is brushing off comments made recently by celebrities criticizing the oil sands, saying the remarks lack credibility.

Singer Neil Young and actor Robert Redford in their own words, have said the environment is being ruined by the industry which is a price too high to pay for the oil coming from it.

Alison Redford says celebrities have made comments such as this before and it won’t be the last time either.

She says the celebrities need the resource to get them around, in her words, “flying on planes.”

She says she’ll continue to spread the message that the oil sands can provide energy in an environmentally responsible and sustainable way.

She made the comments from her trade mission in China.

September 17th, 2013