Natural Resources committee  As one of the signatories to the letter you just mentioned, I believe it would be a mistake for the federal government to hand over a $50-billion to $75-billion tax credit to the oil and gas sector for CCS technology. As I explained in my written brief, if the industry thinks thi

Natural Resources committee  There have been a number of studies showing the potential for the creation of jobs in many new sectors, including renewables, energy retrofits, cleaning up the abandoned oil wells, dealing with environmental remediation, doing restoration work on the watersheds, and in regenerati

Natural Resources committee  Sure.

Natural Resources committee  Yes. I've been studying the formation of climate policy in Canada since about 2002. If you look at how climate policy has been made in Alberta and British Columbia and at the federal level, you can see the very heavy influence of the oil and gas sector. Lobby organizations, indus

Natural Resources committee  Thank you for giving me an opportunity to answer that question. One of the problems we see is that, in order to counter this very powerful influence of fossil fuel industry and big business associations, we need to have a very mobilized public that understands what's really at s

Natural Resources committee  What has happened in Alberta is that a very weak royalty regime over time has not captured a very large portion of the rent from the industry. In addition to that, we have been subject to the very radical fluctuations in the global price for Alberta's products, exported syntheti

Natural Resources committee  Mr. Chair and members of the committee, I thank you for inviting me to address you. I am speaking to you from Amiskwacîwâskahikan, Edmonton. I grew up in Ontario and Saskatchewan, and I have lived and worked in Alberta for the past 30 years. Three generations of my ancestors are