Carney’s comment, coming in response to a reporter’s question at an event in Ottawa today, appears to be a change from his position before the election, when he pledged to keep the emissions cap in place.
Carney was asked if he was considering lifting the cap and ban on tankers along B.C.’s coast — both measures the oil and gas industry and the Alberta government are calling on Ottawa to revoke.
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He said “it depends” before saying that his government’s goal is to reduce emissions from the energy, mining and industrial sectors to make their products more competitive globally.
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In March, Carney told reporters he would maintain the emissions cap, although he also said he intended to find other ways to reduce emissions.
The emissions cap, set to take effect in 2030, requires upstream oil and gas operations to reduce their emissions to 35 percent below where they were in 2019.
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