Source: Government of Canada regional news (2)
“The Competition Bureau has moved forward on unleashing extreme, ideological guidelines that will hurt Canada’s economy, silence our hard-working businesses and punish families from coast to coast to coast. The guidelines will not reduce emissions or improve environmental performance, but they will make it harder for companies to attract investment and make our country less globally competitive, once again.
“Despite detailed submissions and calls for change from provinces, businesses and Canadians, the guidelines continue to hold companies to international standards that don’t even exist, and which the Competition Bureau is not qualified to dictate or able to assess.
“These guidelines aren’t just unfair; they enshrine a dangerous double standard. This federal government for years has freely allowed anti-energy and anti-business activists to spread misinformation and false claims with impunity, while effectively silencing and putting an undemocratic gag order on the very businesses working to reduce emissions, build pipelines and grow our economy.
“This sends the wrong signal to markets and industry at the worst possible time. The federal government has committed to Albertans and all Canadians to making Canada an energy superpower. More fancy rhetoric and mixed messages will not make Canada an energy superpower, especially while Ottawa is upholding censorship laws that prevent businesses from talking about the very work and goals needed to build us into that superpower.
“If Prime Minister Mark Carney is serious about attracting investment, building major projects and truly improving Canadians way of life, he should take steps to scrap these guidelines immediately.”
Related information
- Alberta submission to the Competition Bureau