Energy affordability about to become a political risk in Canada

Canada will not be insulated from the energy crisis for much longer. For too many, the crunch has already come.
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured in Ottawa Oct. 27, 2021, with his staffers James Hutching and Ian Cameron.
This past month, millions of Canadians received the highest energy bills of their lives. The culprit? An unusually cold December across Western Canada, high natural gas and furnace oil prices, and the carbon tax all contributed. This comes as inflation, high gasoline prices, and supply chain woes ar...

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