Trump withdraws from Paris, and BC leftist coalition about to take over BC

Dialogues on Canadian Energy podcasts

Two major developments since our last podcast:

• First on Paris, can you describe its major elements and how Canada chose to relate to them?
• What does the US withdrawal actually mean to the world’s progress towards lower GHG emissions over time?
• Does the Trump announcement change the challenge that Canada has in respect of meeting its Paris targets?
• Do you believe that the Trump administration has any credibility on a genuine renegotiation of the basic terms of the Paris Accord?
• Second, the BC leftist coalition – what does it mean potentially to Alberta?
• Can you elaborate on the challenge this will create for the Prime Minister? If he has to defend the rights of the project proponents, even as he tries to keep his credibility on his “Paris targets”?
• How ugly could this get?
• How much empathy if any does Alberta get from the rest of Canada, especially Ontario and Quebec?