Crane: Canada needs to rethink its ‘zombie’ identity as an oil and gas superpower

The global green transition should not be, for Canada, just another opportunity to miss an opportunity.

Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is likely aware of the risks of the transition to a green economy, which will be highly disruptive, changing the kinds of industries and jobs we need, and turning carbon-intensive assets into stranded assets.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

September 19, 2022

TORONTO—In Canada we have a new zombie—a bad idea that refuses to die. This is the ongoing push to build liquified natural gas plants on Canada’s East Coast to replace natural gas from Russia in Europe. Goldy Hyder, president of the Business Council of Canada, implies we even have a “moral o...

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