CALGARY - The head of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers criticized the country’s environment minister Thursday for comments he said shows she is “disrespectful” of the energy industry. “I’m very troubled with some of Minister McKenna’s comments,” McMillan told reporters after presenting the forecast at the Global Petroleum Show conference in Calgary. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWEarlier this week, the federal Liberals said they would accept nearly 100 amendments the Senate made to the bill but will reject dozens more. McKenna said on Wednesday that conservative premiers, MPs and senators, as well as the oil-and-gas lobbyists, wanted a bill that would guarantee every pipeline proposed would be approved without protecting the environment. “This wasn’t some Christmas wish list of our industry,” said Alex Pourbaix, CEO of oilsands producer Cenovus Energy Inc., after speaking at the show.

Source: thestar June 13, 2019 14:37 UTC