14 Liberal MPs pen letter to Carney raising concerns over environmental backslide

It’s good to have a united party, but it’s also good to have politicians with a conscience who aren’t just fearful, sycophantic drones (ala down south).

Utter nonsense. As a young Albertan and oilfield engineer I finally feel like my voice is being heard in Ottawa after over a decade of being completely shut out. Many, many people at work and around Calgary feel this way. You can feel the mood has changed.

We will continue to burn natural gas for electricity because it makes pragmatic sense for the Prairies to do so. We are blessed with an abundance of it in the ground, we have limited hydro capabilities, very cold winters, and nuclear is still in development. Combined cycle gas plants are very efficient, Alberta will continue to build vast windfarms as it has for 25+ years as well. The previous clean electricity regulations were unrealistic and had much more severe consequences on Prairie provinces whose electricity systems are far more complicated than the hydroelectricity found in most other provinces.

The world will continue to consume vasts amount of oil whether or not we produce it in BC/Alberta/Sask/NFLD. We do not get to decide this. I think this is the key lever Steven Guilbault fails to understand that we do not control. What we do have control over is whether we want to be a part of that supply mix and regulate the impacts of its production domestically, or watch that production shifts overseas and lose all control over emissions, other environmental impact etc. We have a strong regulatory framework and carbon tax, this cannot be said of most major oil producers!!