ICYMI - Bill Bewick: Ottawa's unjust energy transition paints a bullseye on western Canada
In the latest step towards an “unjust” transition away from fossil fuels, the federal government is working out how to achieve its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 42 per cent below 2019 levels by the end of the decade.
. Similar heavy-handed bureaucratic targets in the Netherlands have led to large protests that have shut down highways and caused economic harm.Article content Canada’s response? Reduce our food output by slashing the use of fertilizers, ignoring the best farming practices and driving up costs. Canada’s response? Introduce Bill C-69 and other regulations that have derailed natural gas production and prevented the building of LNG export terminals, making us neither able to help Asia cut emissions by displacing coal, nor help Europe get out from under the thumb of Russian President Vladimir Putin.Article content
If Quebec and Ontario were home to the oilsands, nobody believes their key sector would be singled out like this. Likewise, If the ruling party relied on farming communities for political support, it would not be pushing a radical cut in fertilizer use.Article content
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