Climate change is rapid change with the Freeland doctrine.

Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s minister of finance and deputy prime minister, and Danielle Smith,  premier of Alberta, may have to accommodate rapid change in energy politics in the opinion of Max Fawcett writing in the National Observer.

Oil and gas in decline

That future is being rapidly rewritten, not just by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the impact it’s having on energy prices but also OPEC’s recent decision to cut oil production against the wishes of the United States and other energy importers. “In its support of Russia’s request for production cuts, OPEC casts itself in a role that will hasten its own demise,” said Amy Myers Jaffe, a professor in the Climate Policy Lab at Tufts University’s Fletcher School. “Anyone who can move away from oil will — national governments, businesses, cities, consumers. OPEC’s actions are simply a nail in a coffin that was already being built.”(Fawcett, 2022)

Global responsibility and long term prosperity in Canada may be coming together through widespread adoption of alternative energy options even in Alberta.

References

Fawcett, M. (2022, October 14). The 'Freeland doctrine' will be grist for Danielle Smith. National Observer. Retrieved October 15, 2022, from https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/10/14/opinion/freeland-doctrine-will-be-grist-danielle-smith?