New government has yet to recognize LNG’s potential and advantage

Economic spinoffs of an LNG industry in Canada, through royalties and various taxes, are massive. When you add that to the positive environmental effects it could have in combating climate change, it’s a win-win situation.

B.C. Premier Christy Clark, pictured in this file photo. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY CONSERVATIVE SENATOR RICHARD NEUFELD

July 18, 2016

PARLIAMENT HILL—How often have I read that Canada has one of the worst records for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per capita in the world? Environmentalists are always happy to remind us of this. The 2011 data from the World Bank puts Canada in 16th place with 14.1 metric tons (Mt) of G...

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