Claim: Reacting to a Canadian Federal Court of Appeal verdict that effectively halts the construction of the Trans Mountain Pipeline, Conservative leader Andrew Scheer decried the Trudeau government's "failure to champion the world's cleanest, most ethical, environmentally-friendly energy in the world." As a fossil fuel, oil is the third most polluting source of energy, and Alberta's oil sands emits the most greenhouse gases during extraction of all types of oil produced worldwide.
Fact-check: No, Canadian oil is not the cleanest source of energy in the world
Verdict: no, canadian oil is not the cleanest source of energy in the world
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Louis Baudoin-Laarman
Date published: 2024-04-17T16:44:09