Liberals tap former Alberta trade representative to head remodelled Canadian energy regulator

De Silva was named Alberta’s top trade representative in 2015 by former NDP premier Rachel Notley, after serving for years as deputy minister in the province’s trade department. She now serves as special advisor to electrical utility TransAlta.

Bill C-69, including changes to the federal energy regulator, was a central piece of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s environmental mantra in recent years, in which he has sought to balance concerns in the battered oil and gas industry with his promise to meet climate change targets.Article content continued

De Silva in her role as NDP trade representative regularly touted carbon taxes and stricter environmental policies, both by the federal and provincial governments.Article content continued She also touted the oil industry’s growth prospects, saying crude exports would “continue to fuel provincial prosperity for decades to come,” and regularly spoke to the need for major pipeline projects such as Keystone XL. She said it “couldn’t be any other way” that Alberta would be deeply dependent on oil, given the magnitude of its bitumen and light oil reserves.Article content continued

Her appointment to the CER is likely part of an effort by the Liberal government to placate fears in the West over the future of its oilsands, which have been running high since Bill C-69 was first introduced.Article content continued

Pandering to the Left again.

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