We wouldn't want a few thousands of dollars from foreign public interest foundations hijacking the process and affecting the interests of loyal companies developing Alberta tar sands, such as:

• Thailand's state-owned PTTEP;
• government controlled Statoil of Norway;
• the state owned Korean National Oil Company;
• Beijing based PetroChina;
• Sinopec, controlled by Government of China;
• Royal Dutch Shell, based in The Hague, Netherlands;
• Chevron Corporation of San Ramon, CA;
• Houston-based ConocoPhillips;
• Tea Party financier Koch Industries subsidiary Koch Exploration Canada Corporation;
• BP, headquartered in London, England;
• China Investment Corp, from Beijing, China;
• Devon Energy of Oklahoma;
• ExxonMobil, of Irving, TX;
• Occidental Petroleum of Los Angeles, CA;
• Total S.A. of France;
• Marathon Oil of Houston;
• Nippon Oil of Tokyo;
• Murphy Oil of Arkansas;
• Husky Oil, controlled by Li Ka-shing of Hong Kong;
• etc.

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