Environmental experts praise budget’s ‘transformational’ investments, but say feds still avoiding ‘a really honest conversation about the future of the oil and gas industry’

Budget 2023 proposes $5.6-billion over the first five years for a new hydrogen investment tax credit, along with ‘tens of billions’ across multiple departments to speed up the transition to a clean electricity grid.

Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, seen here in October 2022, headed to Germany after budget day to discuss 'the global hydrogen economy.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY KEVIN PHILIPUPILLAI

March 30, 2023

Environmental advocates and clean-energy experts delivered mixed reviews of Budget 2023, praising the government for making groundbreaking investments in electrification, but calling for more deliberate action to meet the government’s promises to phase out public funding f...

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