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Brendan Boyd, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Economics and Political Science, MacEwan University

How to win over Alberta on the 'just transition' to a low-carbon energy sector

A pumpjack draws oil from underneath a canola field as a haze of wildfire smoke hangs in the air near Cremona, Alta., in July 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson recently announced that “just transition” legislation is forthcoming that will help Canadian oil and gas workers move into jobs in the low-carbon energy sector.

The announcement set off a firestorm in Alberta as Premier Danielle Smith said: “It’s very clear what they have in mind for us is devastating. They want to shut down a quarter of our economy.”

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