Canada 'pleased' with EU oil sands move

Pleased: Canada cautiously happy about EU move not to ban oil sands crude

Canada hailed the EU’s failure on Thursday to classify tar sands crude as particularly dirty, but Ottawa made it clear it would take trade action if the EU did end up singling out Canadian oil, according to a report.



A meeting of EU technical experts failed to approve a proposal to label fuel from Alberta's vast oil sands as more polluting than other sources of crude.

Canada had campaigned against the idea, saying it was unjustified and could help discriminate against its oil.

"We're very pleased. This was certainly a resounding win ... it was a victory for science and good policy," Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver told Reuters.

Oliver said Ottawa would maintain its lobbying efforts against the so-called Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) on the grounds that "I…

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