Oh, Shiny Prime Minister!

"...at a time when we need to continue to move decisively away from fossil fuels"... says who? I disagree, the world needs fossil fuels for decades to come, lots of fossil fuels., or there will be famine on a scale never before seen in history.

Discontinuing the use of fossil fuels isn't a good idea when there's nothing suitable to replace them. However, that logic is lost on politicians, particularly those among the Khmer Vert.

How can an executive action like Obama's be irreversible by a successor? Sounds like something for the new supreme court justice to rule on while in the meantime congress works on repealing. What an utter scumbag.

PET created the national energy policy to rid the east for reliance on Conservative Alberta oil and then they financed drilling useless holes looking for oil in the NWT . Pardon me I have to puke now.

..PET created the national energy policy to rid the east for reliance on Conservative Alberta oil and then they financed drilling useless holes looking for oil in the NWT . Pardon me I have to puke now...

Say what..?? Seems to me PET Created the National Energy Program to force Alberta Oil Companys to sell their product well below world prices. They basically gave PET the middle finger, capped the wells and moved their rigs to the US - Alberta went into a long hard recession because of it. And that is WHY his NAME is HATED HERE.

What reliance are you talking about..? The country has never been soley reliant on our OIl...Nor did we ever prevent that from happening either. So I have no clue as to what you are on about with that.?? As for the financing of Arctic drilling..?? that came from Dome petroleum and Others...not the Feds.

Get your facts straight

That either Trudeau gave a shit about the West is patently OBVIOUS...both Classic Soft Commie (_i_)HOLES...

The oil industry was so misunderstood by the libranos that they created Petro Canada to give them an insiders window. So hated was PC that there are plenty of Albertan's who to this day have never bought a thing from them including me.
I remember the 80's and NEP. We're not there yet but it could happen especially with their ndp collaborators offering assistance.

How to make friends with a new administration 1 month away? Conspire with the outgoing lame duck Obama.
You have to wonder if they think at all through actions and consequences.
Trump will have no reason to be friendly after a great big F U like this.

Obongo gives all lame ducks hope, as Canaduhs Justy gives all morons and dodo bird lovers hope.

Well...now...he's one tough L'il Potatoe.

He said he will look out for Canadians and stand up to Trump...he'll even draw a line in the sand...(where did we hear that before...??)

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/pm-will-stand-up-to-trump-if-he-goes-too-far/ar-BBxnrAM?li=AAggNb9&ocid=mailsignout

Obama better be careful..or he better be squeaky clean. Charging an ex-President with treason is possible

Aside from granting pardons to scumbags for the next month I wonder how many other surprises (scorched earth?) Obama has in store for the next Administration. Is the lame duck POTUS also acting as the Spawn's press release agent. Did Butts advise the Spawn to hide behind Obama for this announcement because he didn't have the guts to screw Canadians on his own?

What the hell is Obama going on about? He's preaching economic diversity for the Arctic and sounds just like the NDP in Alberta blaming one sector for dominating the economy. What "industries of the future" is he talking about for that region? Tourism? Polar bear hunting? Making vodka from ice bergs?

Canada would do well to reach out to Alaska to join our country before the Russians claim it back.

This is little more than meaningless political posturing.
O&G industry studies in the 70s and 80s concluded that Arctic operations would always be more expensive than in-situ oilsands recovery, even with using coal to drive it like now. If the in-situ recovery was powered by an on-site CANDU reactor, then oilsand oil was cost competitive with conventional oil production. There is so much recoverable oil available in easy to operate areas, that the Arctic petroleum wouldn't be needed until it was warm enough to keep the Arctic ice-free for most of the year.
It's just another meaningless 'green' gesture.

All that work to add another checkbox to Trump's list of executive orders that he'll undo with a pen swipe. Barry O has no mandate after Nov 8th to pass anything not agreed to by the President Elect (my opinion but I believe shared by many) and his contention that he can ban drilling permanently is typical enviro-wacko bluster. Trump has no illusions that the transition will be a smooth peaceful one. The beaches of Normandy might compare for how many potential hidden pitfalls and traps await the newly electorally elected President Elect. But I think Trump will be storming ashore with his pen a-blaz'n working with his executive authority to undo the last 8 years of progressive damage.

I wonder if the 'One' and Lil Spud asked Mr. Putin if he was interested in joining their Green Energy plan. Seems to me that the two 'Brainiacs' have given the Russians a carte blanc cheque to write with Arctic oil and gas. Between an out-going president and a menage au trois with Wynne, Notley and Trudeau, Canadians are well and truly screwed. This fuster cluck will take generations to undo.

Nice (vanity) move, Obama ... cheered wildly by your arch nemesis Vladimir Putin. Dumbest president EVER.

Trudeau/Butts is determined to get off to as poor a start as possible with the new US administration. This began a year ago with snide remarks by Jr when it looked as though Trump was a long shot for the WH. It continued with the top level attention given VP Biden 2 weeks ago; this only reaffirms Liberals preference for Obama priorities. No other country in the world is making deals or having meetings with Obama officials, his time has passed, obviously. So why is Jr doing this?

Expect an orgy of anti-American rhetoric to ramp up in the coming years; this is really the default position for Liberals, and they reckon they can campaign on it come the next election.
Chretien and Martin did this a number of times, until Canadians tired of the routine. Jr is poised to run it all bye us once more, with the new CPC leader whoever if may be cast in the role of Trump-like preferences.

I notice that wherever the ecovangelists want to block resource development they label the area a "unique and fragile ecosystem". Wherever they want to pour concrete pads for bird blenders: meh.

Another limp-wristed legacy move by by our limp-wristed in chief to impress his constituency, the unwashed and the unread.

Another limp-wristed legacy move by by our limp-wristed in chief to impress his constituency, the unwashed and the unread.

Iowa is pocked with massive wind turbines. It remains a chilling sight amid the beautiful rolling hills. When one considers the Walgreens-sized mass of concrete anchoring each one underground, words fail.

That is ecologically sound?