Oilsands execs say a ‘just transition’ isn’t a worry — it’s their next big ‘boom’ | 24CA News
The CEOs of a number of the largest oilsands corporations in Alberta say transitioning their workforce for a net-zero emissions future isn’t about reducing jobs, however is about creating them.
Cenovus CEO Alex Pourbaix says the consortium of oilsands behind an alliance to decarbonize their corporations estimates that reaching their objective of net-zero emissions by 2050 will create 35,000 jobs.
Derek Evans, CEO of MEG Energy, says he’s really frightened that Canada doesn’t have the labour power wanted to get the decarbonizing job finished.
Their feedback in an interview with The Canadian Press this week come as Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is pushing again in opposition to Ottawa’s plans to introduce “just transition” laws to supervise the transfer to chop carbon emissions from trade.
Smith jumped on reviews this week {that a} federal memo urged thousands and thousands of jobs might be misplaced within the transition, however the memo really referred to the variety of jobs that presently exist in industries that might be affected by decarbonization.
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The Liberals have promised such laws for greater than three years and are anticipated to introduce it within the House of Commons someday this 12 months.
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