Regulatory burdens increase costs

Heather Exner-Pirot raises concerns over the unnecessary regulatory burdens and higher costs facing Canada’s energy sector. She shares her perspective in a Canadian Press article about the government’s announcement of an oil and gas emissions cap framework. 

“It may cost, you know, 20 per cent more to hit a 2030 target versus a 2031 target. Why impose an arbitrary date if they could hit the same emissions target but for hundreds of millions less if it was just one or two years later?” 

Heather Exner-Pirot, Special Advisor, Business Council of Canada