Canada’s Poilievre Says He Would Approve Suncor Oil Challenge, Mines

Last updated: 2025/04/08 at 2:52 PM

Editorial Team 3 weeks ago

The chief of Canada’s Conservative Get together mentioned he would speed up approval on 10 useful resource initiatives if elected, together with the extension of a serious Suncor Vitality Inc. oil sands mine in Alberta.

Pierre Poilievre, who’s operating towards Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney in an April 28 election, has pledged to advance initiatives together with the second section of LNG Canada in British Columbia, the Rook 1 Uranium Mine in Saskatchewan, Springpole Lake Gold mine in Ontario and Suncor’s undertaking. Poilievre mentioned pure useful resource initiatives have been stymied over the previous decade of Liberal management as a consequence of extreme rules and sluggish approvals.

Suncor submitted a plan to the federal authorities in 2020 to increase the lifetime of its Base Plant mine, which is greater than 50 years previous and kinds the spine of Suncor’s oil sands operations. The mine feeds bitumen into two upgraders that flip the ultra-heavy crude into lighter, higher-value artificial oil.

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In 2022, then-Atmosphere Minister Steven Guilbeault signaled he could not approve the extension undertaking, saying its emissions “could not align” with Canada’s local weather targets.

In December, the federal government introduced it might start assessing the affect of the undertaking, however Suncor has been working to safe different provides of bitumen for its upgraders, together with by buying full management of the Fort Hills oil sands mine from TotalEnergies SE and Teck Assets Ltd.

Suncor Chief Government Officer Wealthy Kruger has additionally mentioned the corporate is contemplating boosting provide with extra oil-sands nicely initiatives — referred to as in-situ developments — together with the long-proposed Lewis undertaking or Firebag South. Suncor didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

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