Can Canada break its fossil fuel addiction?

A lot of work will be required to make the transition off of fossil fuels. This should be embraced as a collective, nation-building project.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa May 2. We need to be mindful of the regional nature of resource employment, and Alberta is already leading the way with a strategy and programs for workers affected by the province’s phase-out of coal-fired electricity, writes Marc Lee.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MARC LEE

June 5, 2019

Canada has an uneasy history when it comes to fossil fuels and climate change. Our leaders have been great at setting far-off targets for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) or carbon emissions, then failing to meet them. As part of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, Canada committed to a 30 per...

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