‘A mixed bag’: committee report on proposed oil and gas emissions cap reflects deep divisions on path forward

The House Natural Resources Committee tabled 10 recommendations for an emissions cap for Canada’s oil and gas sector on Dec. 14, eight months after hearing from the final witnesses.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, seen here in West Block on Nov. 22, 2022, and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, left, have until April 13 to respond to the House Natural Resources Committee's recommendations on an emissions cap for fossil fuels.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

January 5, 2023

Conservative, Bloc Québécois, and New Democrat MPs on the House Natural Resources Committee each disagreed with parts of the long-awaited report about a proposed emissions cap for the oil and gas sector, reflecting deep divisions over the future of fossil fuel production i...

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