Alberta’s NDP government has done it again — it has appointed an enemy of Alberta’s oil and gas industry to oversee it, regulate it and advise on it. Whittingham also opposed the Northern Gateway pipeline (effectively killed by Trudeau government policies) and the Keystone XL pipeline. Whittingham did not agree to an interview with Postmedia, stating that the AER would have to approve it. His activism has been a huge competitive advantage for the American oil industry,” she said, adding that during the 10-year span of the Tar Sands Campaign, U.S. oil output has doubled. “There is nothing anti-oil about the Tar Sands Campaign, absolutely nothing.

Source: National Post March 05, 2019 17:03 UTC