Untrodden ground: Carney looks to kickstart post-NAFTA economy

The decision to put the possibility of a pipeline back in the national conversation marks a seismic shift in the Liberals’ approach to climate action and the economy writ large.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is seeking to lessen the binary choices on the environment and conventional energy development, writes Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

December 3, 2025

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pipeline pantomime reverberated around the country in a manner that was reminiscent, in a wholly different way, of Pierre Trudeau’s announcement of the National Energy Program way back in 1980.

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