Even some Albertan oil bosses favour greener rules.

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Though bosses readjusted the settings in their favour, they did not smash the machine.

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When tempted to sound off on matters of controversy, bosses would be doing their shareholders a favour by taking a deep breath and then zipping it.

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Yet another suggests a sharp rise in the flat rate of payroll tax that bosses pay for workers on DM610, thus discouraging hiring them (this from a party otherwise claiming to favour tax cuts to boost jobs).

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