Dear government: don’t be pressured by the hype from natural gas producers and pipeline owners

While the resource industries are naturally frustrated by the challenges of government impact assessment hearings, there is no evidence Canada is undermining the energy security of its allies or that making that fossil fuel industry a national priority is in Canada’s or the world’s best interests.

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured on the Hill. All Canadians have an interest in the setting of the national policy agenda, writes David Crane. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

July 24, 2023

TORONTO—All Canadians have an interest in the setting of the national policy agenda. But special interests who are employing their power and influence to lobby governments and using their privileged access to the corridors of power should not influence public opinion throu...

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