Bringing a bitumen refinery to Sarnia-Lambton will be a topic of discussion this week as "The Big Debate" gets underway Tuesday morning.
The two day event at the Holiday Inn Point Edward covers many issues, including the government's role in taking pro-active measures to encourage greater refining and processing of Canada's petroleum resources within the county. Conference Chair. Dr. Walter Petryschuk says economist Jim Stanford will be pitted against University of Alberta Energy Policy professor Andrew Leach to debate the issue. [audio mp3="http://blackburnnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/walter.mp3"][/audio] Day two of the conference Wednesday will deal with oil sands bitumen and the case being made for a new refinery in Sarnia-Lambton to process it.