In this week’s episode of The Line: Alberta Podcast, Rob Breakenridge is joined by Heather Exner-Pirot, a Calgary-based senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and the institute’s director of natural resources, energy, and the environment.
They begin the conversation with some analysis of the recent announcement of five projects identified as being “Major Projects” in the national interest and that will now be advanced by the federal government’s new Major Projects Office. Does the inclusion of a major LNG project — and hints that a new pipeline could be in the works for the next phase of announcements — signal a new approach on energy from the federal government?
Also, with reports of a very productive meeting between the prime minister and Alberta’s premier, followed by word that the oil and gas emissions cap could be on the chopping block, we’ll also examine Ottawa’s evolving approach to environmental and energy policy. Alberta has repeatedly identified obstacles and irritants that need to be addressed — does the province have a point? And is Ottawa starting to concede that point?
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