Federal fight against climate change stops at the oil patch

Instead of continuing the ritual humiliation of pretending to 'work with industry' to lower emissions, the feds should shift attention and resources massively to electrifying transportation, home heating, and energy production in concert with willing provinces.

Oilsands, pictured in Fort McMurray, Alta., in 2008. How can Ottawa justify billion-dollar programs—to clean up orphan wells, capture fugitive methane emissions, underwrite the construction of $50-billion carbon capture projects of dubious effectiveness—when the industry has emerged from a seven-year downturn rolling in cash? It can’t. It shouldn’t bother trying, writes Susan Riley. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

August 8, 2022

CHELSEA, QUE.—Is there anyone in Canada—anyone?—who believes that Justin Trudeau’s government is serious about tackling climate change? It seems unlikely, given the ongoing failure to contain emissions from Alberta’s oil patch, the single largest domestic source of the greenhouse gases tha...

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