“That claim is looking at the lowest points in the previous government’s term in terms of full time employment unadjusted for seasonality,” Tombe told Global News. University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe said that figure is an “inappropriate use of data.” On a number of occasions, Smith said the NDP’s policies when they were in government starting in 2015 resulted in “183,000 jobs… lost in the first couple of years.” The federal emissions reduction goal - believed necessary to prevent global warming from reaching catastrophic levels - makes no mention of reducing production, just reducing the carbon intensity of that production. The Pathways Alliance, a collection of six oilsands operators, has work underway to decarbonize but not reduce its energy production. The province said the oilsands currently emit roughly 70 Mt per year. The provincial government already has an emissions cap on the oilsands: 100 megatonnes per year. The federal government decided to shelve the stalled Northern Gateway pipeline in November 2016, but gave the green light to the Enbridge Line 3 and Trans Mountain expansions, with the caveat that “Kinder Morgan respects the stringent conditions put forward by the National Energy Board.”Īt the time, Notley took an optimistic and conciliatory tone, noting that Trans Mountain and Line 3 were “critically important to Alberta’s economic future” and the TMX approval allowed Alberta to “get our product to China” and “enhance our economic independence not only in Alberta but all of Canada.” You can’t build trust by saying, ‘Trust us.’ You build trust by providing clarity.”
“We cannot allow that uncertainty to continue.
“I will give (the Liberal government) credit for stepping in to buy Trans Mountain, but I also think there is a high level of investor uncertainty that exists right now in the way in which it’s written,” she said on Feb. 5:06 Body language expert reacts to Alberta Leaders Debate
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