Election looms over Canadian energy sector
Oil and gas policies in limbo; opposition threat to Asia export plans
CANADIAN prime minister Stephen Harper’s minority government acted on two energy-related initiatives in the final hours before losing a no-confidence vote in the House of Commons, forcing a 2 May election. But the government left behind a pile of unfinished business and a stack of question marks hanging over the future of oil-sands development, plans to export oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Asia and the level of federal support for Arctic natural gas development. For the petroleum industry, putting those issues on hold for five weeks is troubling enough. More disturbing is the prospect of losing an ally in the federal government. Despite the rush to prepare for an election campaign,
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