Trying to dictate where companies invest, as the Trudeau Liberals want to do, shows this is less about capping emissions, and more about control. The fact that the government is mandating that new vehicles sold in Canada either be hybrids or fully electric by 2035 gives away the plot.
This is the government that cancelled Northern Gateway and introduced cumbersome regulations that encouraged the cancellation of the Energy East pipeline. It is the government that made the approval process for any energy project one of endless consultation and politicization. And, of course, it is this government that brought in the carbon tax.
Trudeau went on: “Now, it’s over to the workers and engineers who will build solutions.” The only logical reaction is to ask: really? Would those be the same workers and engineers who will struggle to find meaningful work as oil and gas investment is driven further and further away? Those workers?Article content
The problem is they don't have a plan, they have a goal. Being fanatical about the goal, they will do what ever they think is needed regardless of the damage they do the economy.
Balkanizer: .. Trudeau also said Tuesday that, “big oil lobbyists have had their time on the field,” implying that greedy energy companies have got their way and the government is finally sticking up for the little guy..
The policy is not to smother the industry but the provinces that could benefit from the economic development related to oil. JT inherited the hatred his dad had for Alberta and is trying to finish the job the failed NEP could not accomplish.
More like the cpcs plan is entirely based around the oil industry. Don't call it energy. This is about Alberta oil. Deregulated, subsidized, untaxed oil.
Again, pretending to be Canadian, is not Canadian the National Post & Financial Post PostMedia are owned by the USA’s Chatham Asset, who have another AGENDA. The USA, nixed Keystone pipeline back when PM Harper was around 2006-16 who was despised worldwide.
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