The Alberta government is declining to release internal modelling that shows the effects of a proposed federal emissions cap on the oil and gas industry. /Postmedia NetworkPhoto by Vince McDermott

Opinion: Why is the Alberta government withholding it own analysis of the effect of the oil and gas emissions cap?

by · Calgary Herald

Two reports recently commissioned by the Alberta government — the Deloitte report and the Conference Board of Canada report — predict significant economic damage from the application of the proposed federal oil and gas emissions cap, including prospects for production cuts. I believe the Alberta government’s final conclusions may be more nuanced, however.