What’s up with gas? Explaining the global and local politics behind the price at the pump

Despite global uncertainty causing oil and gas prices to spike, Canada's oil and gas supplies have remained stable.

Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault, left, and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson have said they are committed to tackling the crisis of Russia's invasion of Ukraine concurrently with the climate crisis. Conservative Greg McLean and others have been urging the government to increase Canadian oil and gas production and exports amidst spiking oil prices. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY CHELSEA NASH

March 14, 2022

In the wake of rising oil and gas prices, Conservative politicians have been urging the government to decrease its dependence on oil imports and ramp up Canadian production, but Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the opposition is “playing politics."

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