What do Texas and Saudi Arabia know that Jason Kenney doesn’t?

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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage, pictured in Ottawa on May 2, 2019, after speaking to the Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources about Bill C-69. Alberta has already made one momentous blunder in its stewardship of its oil and gas reserves. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund from oil and gas development stands at over a trillion dollars; Alberta has $18.1-billion. Shame on its politicians, writes Michael Harris. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

December 9, 2019

HALIFAX—It is time someone looked under Jason Kenney’s cowboy hat to see if anyone’s home. His tenure as premier has been like a ride in Bumper Cars at an amusement park—plenty of jolts. After just a few short months in power, he has returned to the fossil fictions that economical...

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