The federal government could use a section in the 2015 Paris Treaty to claim credit for emissions reductions caused by foreign nations replacing coal with natural gas shipments from Canada, according to a former chief of staff to the energy minister.
Claire Seaborn told iPolitics‘ No Talking Points podcast last week that she believed that Ottawa was signalling that it planned on using Article 6 in the agreement to this effect as LNG Canada announced on Tuesday that it was moving forward with the Phase 2 expansion project in Kitimat, B.C.
