By Tom Harris & Robert Lyman——Bio and Archives--April 21, 2025

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In a recent public meeting in Alberta, Prime Minister Mark Carney was asked by a CTV reporter whether he would really support the construction of new oil and gas pipelines, the repealing of Bill C-69 (the “no-more-pipelines” Act) and the removal of the moratorium on oil tanker movements off the coast of northern British Columbia. Carney replied stating that his goal is to “get things done” including:

He concluded that “the commitment is to deliver projects that we agree are national priorities and the federal government using all of its powers, including new legislative powers, in order to accelerate the delivery of those projects”.

Are these “commitments” credible? Let us examine the facts.

Since 2015, when the Liberal Party was elected, its single most important policy objective has been to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and ultimately eliminate them (i.e., “Net-Zero emissions by 2050”) in the belief that this will somehow influence global emissions, temperatures and weather. The federal government acknowledges that it has implemented 140 measures to accomplish this objective so far and plans more for the future. Of the 140 measures, the ones that most affect the production, transportation and consumption of oil and........

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