Coherent Energy Policy: Environment

Natural Resources Committee Dept: The report, three years in the making, outlines 13 "priorities for action," including a call to improve the environmental performance of the oilsands and the need for leadership to guide a coherent energy policy, according to CBC. Among the more controversial recommendations is support for natural gas "fracking" in Quebec and New Brunswick and canada is on the cusp of global energy greatness but can only reap the benefits of its vast resources if it acts immediately, according to a report released today by the Senate's energy, environment and natural resources committee. Senator David Angus chairs the Senate energy, environment and natural resources committee. On Thursday, it issued a report three years' in the making, identifying an urgent need for a national energy strategy. Fred Chartrand/Canadian Press "It is imperative that the Canadian governments begin an ongoing dialogue at the highest political level, setting long-term energy goals and securing the social licence from Canadians and the world necessary to proceed," the committee wrote in its report. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.