The editor:
The Liberals’ attempt to rebrand their Just Transition initiative has been a total failure, and energy workers and their communities are the ones who are paying the price.
The so-called Sustainable Jobs Plan or Bill C-50 is simply a renamed version of the Liberals’ old Just Transition, which we know is anything but just.
Energy workers, especially those in the coal industry, have been waiting for years for this government to release the details of the transition plan that would help them plan for the future, but all they have gotten is a plan for a plan that is ultimately useless to those who are most affected.
Bill C-50 contains zero concrete measures as to how the government is going to support energy workers and their communities, despite the Liberals’ promising that this information would be available back in the spring of this year.
This is completely unacceptable given that this plan will displace 450,000 workers in Canada directly and indirectly working in the energy sector, the most productive sector of Canada’s economy.
Conservatives believe in transformation, not transition; technology, not taxes; and being led by the private sector, not government. We will bring home affordable and accessible traditional and alternative energy, and put Canadian resources, innovation, and workers first.
Robert Kitchen
Souris-Moose Mountain MP
Estevan
