ASKING A POLITICIAN TO BE HONEST

   Questioned about media reports of his ministry’s impending approval of the Bay du Nord offshore drilling project while testifying Wednesday before the Commons Natural Resources committee, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault kept his responses nebulous.
   With the project not expected to start producing until the end of this decade, NDP MP Charlie Angus questioned the government’s ability to stick with the 2030 goal of reducing greenhouse gas by 40 to 45 per cent.
   “Why don’t we just say, ‘we’re going to continue to invest in big oil, we’re going to continue to promote Bay du Nord, we’re not going to meet those targets,'” Angus said.
   “It would be better just to be honest with us on this than to claim you’re going to miraculously hit these targets while, within the space of a week, you alone have signed off on half a million new barrels a day of new production.”