As hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil continue to gush from the blown out BP well in the Gulf of Mexico since April, some Canadian Senators on Parliament Hill are asking whether it's wise for the government to keep reviewing bids for offshore oil exploration licences in parts of the Canadian Arctic where ice makes it more difficult to respond to spills.

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