Pumpjacks draw oil out of the ground near Olds, Alta., on July 16, 2020.Photo by Jeff McIntosh/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Shannon Stubbs: The Liberal emissions cap is yet another attack on Canadian workers

We can't afford to cut oil and gas production. Only our competitors stand to benefit

by · National Post

The Liberals have launched yet another attack on Canadian workers. This time, with their job-killing oil and gas emissions cap. This radicalism will not only hurt the Canadian economy, but also weaken paycheques and threaten the nearly one million jobs tied to the sector.

The proposed cap, currently in the form of draft regulations announced earlier this month, would limit emissions in the sector to 35 per cent beneath 2019 levels and impose a cap-and-trade system upon the industry. The only explanation is that Justin Trudeau and his activist environment minister’s extreme agenda is to destroy Canada’s energy sector once and for all.