COP26: Justin Trudeau doubles down on oil and gas emissions cap promise

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the announcement will sting in the oil patch. Braid points out that the plan will focus the economic pain on the Prairies, not the parts of the country that vote Liberal.

The federal strategy is simple. Rather than limit the fuel burners, you gradually shut down the fuel producers. Psychologically, not to mention politically, that makes Liberal climate change action easy for other Canadians to live with and vote for. Now, imagineand western Canada were the hub for automotive, aviation, hydro power, etc. Right. There might be some kind of limits on oil and gas, but the other sectors would get their own versions, too.

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