Alberta’s conservative Premier Danielle Smith is a vocal critic of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and has slammed many aspects of federal climate policy, accusing Ottawa of trying to cripple the western province’s energy sector.
“It’s very hard to have meaningful discussions with another party when you’re lobbing rocks at each other,” Alex Pourbaix, chief executive of Pathways member Cenovus, told Reuters in an interview.Canadians will see high oil and gas prices through 2023 “I’ve had both levels of government telling me that they’re supportive of doing that and engaging on that. I think it has not occurred yet to the level it needs to resolve the differences that the groups may have,” he added.