Energy Policy in North America Focuses on Climate Change to the Neglect of Energy Security: Alberta Energy Minister

Such policy has led to the United States now looking for oil in Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela, Sonya Savage says

Pumpjacks at the Kern River oilfield in Bakersfield, Calif., in a file photo. Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters

Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage says it is high time that the Liberal government treats Alberta’s oil and gas reserves as a strategic asset, and not a liability to be phased out to the detriment of energy security.

Speaking at a press conference on March 11, Savage said the Russian invasion of Ukraine has put a spotlight on the weakness of North America’s energy policy, affirming the need to continue producing oil and gas to counter any supply disruption.