Investors Need Clarity

The FEDERAL Energy Minister either doesn’t know, or won’t admit, that interprovincial pipelines fall under federal jurisdiction.

Investors need clarity, but this government has delivered only confusion.

That’s not elbows up, this only drives more energy investment away from Canada and into the U.S.

May be an image of text that says 'OPINION THE GLOBE AND MAIL* Yes, Minister, there really is an Ottawa THE EDITORIAL BOARD Someone should really take Tim Hodgson aside for a moment and fill him in on the existence of something called "the federal government." Mr. Hodgson, the Energy and Natural Resources Minister, was questioned in the Senate last week about Alberta's S push for a pipeline to the west coast of Canada. In his response, Mr. Hodgson essentially said- that's an Alberta problem.'