This is the ninth episode of The Hub’s bi-weekly series featuring Sean Speer in conversation with award-winning journalist and best-selling author Amanda Lang. The two discuss the growing tensions between Ottawa and the provinces over the federal government’s new regulations for net-zero emissions for electricity grids by 2035. They also discuss how the new federal mandates will impact Canadian energy policy, the economy, and climate targets.
You can listen to this episode of Hub Dialogues on Acast, Amazon, Apple, Google, Spotify, and YouTube. The episodes are generously supported by The Ira Gluskin And Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation and The Linda Frum & Howard Sokolowski Charitable Foundation.
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