The majority of Canadians are supportive of increasing oil exports to countries where energy production is less reliable, a recent Leger poll shows.
The poll, commissioned by the Modern Miracle Network, shows that roughly 60 percent of Canadians want to increase oil exports, a number that grew by seven percent over the last nine months after a similar survey was conducted last October. Support grew the most among residents in Atlantic Canada (12 percent) and Ontario (11 percent), whereas Quebec was the only jurisdiction that showed substantive opposition to oil and gas exports. “We are delighted to see an overwhelming majority of Canadians agree we are the best in the world and that Canadian carbon tech is the better solution to global environmental challenges,” Michael Binnion, executive director for Modern Miracle Network, told the Western Standard in a statement on Aug. 9….