If provinces are serious about keeping the federal government out of their jurisdiction, they need to demonstrate they can work together on critical files like carbon policy. Alberta, British Columbia and Quebec have priced carbon to help meet GHG (greenhouse gas) emission targets. Once Ontario’s system is in place, 86 per cent of Canadians will […]
Comment: Oil sands phase-out may be Canada’s greatest contribution to the world
The occasion of writing this column prompted reflection on my engineering career, in particular three critical junctures. The first was in 1970, when my teacher pointed to Northern Alberta on a map at the front of our classroom, declaring that the oil embedded in the soil there would be Canada’s most important contribution to the […]