Oilsands alliance can’t handle the truth

Asking oil companies to provide evidence for their green claims isn’t censorship, it’s an inoculation against misinformation.

Under the revised Competition Act, oil and gas producers can’t be their own judge and jury when it comes to defining what it means to be on the path to net zero, writes Keith Stewart. Photograph courtesy of Kris Krüg/Flickr

Opinion

BY KEITH STEWART

July 8, 2024

The once-ubiquitous ad campaign boasting of how the oilsands are on a path to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions has gone dark. Faced with the new truth-in-advertising provisions in Canada’s updated Competition Act, the lobby group that represents the major oilsands produce...

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