Trudeau government looks to continental energy strategy in wake of Keystone cancellation | CBC News
The federal government is eyeing a comprehensive North American energy strategy as workers reel from cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline.
That North American energy strategy is enticing to Alberta's premier as well, with Jason Kenney suggesting to the prime minister that they approach Washington together to pitch a collaborative approach to North American energy and climate policy.share a highly integrated energy system, including criss-crossing infrastructure such as pipelines and electricity transmission systems.
Our energy and climate goals must be viewed in the context of that integrated system," Kenney wrote.
A continental energy partnership has been an elusive goal for more than 15 years, with multiple trilateral meetings ending with consensus but often without measurable outcomes.It's been five years since Carr, then the minister of natural resources, hosted his American and Mexican counterparts to discuss the potential of such a partnership.They agreed to collaborate on things like energy technologies, energy efficiency, carbon capture and emissions reduction.In December 2014, a similar meeting ended with a to-do list to move forward on a continental energy strategy, including mapping energy infrastructure and sharing data."We've gone through a period over the last number of years where relations around energy have kind of died a slow death and become more and more narrowly focused around individual projects," said Monica Gattinger, director of the Institute for Science, Society and Policy at the University of Ottawa.Gattinger said changes in the United States around hydrocarbon and shale have diminished the country's motivation for a broader energy approach."Both countries have vast potential across a whole host of energy resources," she said.