Commentary
Recent comments by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will do nothing to defuse tensions with Albertans.
In a recent Reuters interview, Trudeau said, “One of the challenges is there is a political class in Alberta that has decided that anything to do with climate change is going to be bad for them or for Alberta.” He also said: “We’ve seen for a while Alberta hesitating around investing in anything related to climate change. But CCUS is one of those tangible things.”
Alberta has invested billions of dollars into CCUS (carbon capture, utilization, and storage) over the last decade and continues to do so. The province has been a pioneer and world leader in the technology. Trudeau’s statements won’t be received well by companies that invested in the technology and provincial governments that fostered it….