We can do better than pitting carbon pricing against oil development

Well-designed industrial carbon pricing ensures Canada can live up to its potential as a diversified energy powerhouse.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Growing the oil and gas sector should not come at the expense of our climate goals. The federal-Alberta memorandum of understanding gives us the roadmap to this vision of the future, writes Michael Bernstein. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MICHAEL BERNSTEIN

April 29, 2026

Canada is within reach of a historic “grand bargain” with Alberta on energy and climate that could define our economy for a generation. Yet, at this critical moment, the oil sector is amping up its criticism of industrial carbon pricing as a drain on its competitiveness....

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