The federal Liberals seem to think they won’t approve the Teck Resources oilsands mine without squeezing something out of Alberta.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would surely like a win to wave at the NDP and Bloc Quebecois opposition.
New Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, speaking directly about the Teck approval, says: “What we’re looking for is concrete action on climate change.”
For starters, he has no business making policy demands in return for green-lighting a regulated project.
That utterly destroys faith in the regulatory systems Teck has spent 10 years dealing with on the long road to provincial and federal approvals.
But Wilkinson suggests the whole $20.6-billion project could be in doubt because of some perceived deficiency in Alberta’s climate action.
How much action does the guy want from this province?
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