importing in Eastern Canada and as a result have risky supplies, often from the Middle East, and at the same time exporting raw bitumen. There needs to be a real attempt by working in partnership with communities and provinces. Q So in principle you like David Black's refinery proposal? # A What he proposed does not have a business plan and raised some questions more than anything else. He also wants to build components offshore, and that's self-defeating. That being said, we are happy that more people are looking at valued-added production in the country . We need to maximise the potential of our resources, and the fact that Mr. Black put forward that proposal shows more Canadians are coming to the NDP position . Footnotes by RA: * Peter Julian neglects to mention that 'carbon capture and storage' is an industry fop to deflect opposition to the tar sands. The idea is on the decline in the world because of questions about the danger of dumping large quantities of CO2 in permanent, underground storage ( David Suzuki calls it "hiding our industrial waste") and because companies will not invest in the expensive technology without large subsidies from government. While the Quest project appears to be proceeding, another CC&S tar sands project was abandoned earlier this year. # Last month, a businessman in BC with no oil industry experience, David Black, floated a proposal to build a multi-billion dollar tar sands refinery at Prince Rupert, on the north coast of