Prime Minister Carney is convinced oil and gas revenues will save us from U.S. President Trump, but at what cost?

General anxiety about Trump’s impact on our future has muted criticism of the prime minister’s fossil fuel boosterism. But if Carney’s view is the correct—and only—path to preserving national prosperity in this perilous moment, don’t just parrot oil industry talking points. Prove them.

Prime Minister Carney clearly thinks increased greenhouse gas emissions are necessary to keep the oil flowing and our economy humming despite the fact that we trail the entire G7 on containment and the associated sacrifice of so many Canadians, whose lives and livelihoods have been upended by extreme weather this summer, writes Susan Riley.The Hill Times photograph by Aidan Raynor

Opinion

BY SUSAN RILEY

August 17, 2026

CHELSEA, QUE.—Someone in the federal government owes us a detailed explanation of how oil and gas revenues—and the jobs and prosperity they allegedly secure—justify the misery being inflicted on Canadians in many different places and different ways by climate change-dr...

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