Andrew Scheer wants an energy corridor across Canada. Here’s how the decades-old idea could work
Last week, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer
used a major pre-election policy speech to dust off a similar idea.
Scheer promised, if he wins October’s election, that he would to work
towards establishing a cross-country “energy corridor.”
used a major pre-election policy speech to dust off a similar idea.
Scheer promised, if he wins October’s election, that he would to work
towards establishing a cross-country “energy corridor.”
He
said planning for the route would be done up front, in consultation
with provinces and Indigenous communities. A right-of-way would make it
easier to lower environmental assessment costs, improve certainty for
investors and increase the chances more projects will be built, Scheer
said.