Canada needs to be more like Norway on resource development.

You hold meetings, you take into consideration local concerns, is the project gender balanced? does it address the environment?, and will it be socially responsible, as well as "sustainable"?
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Then you look at the national picture, make an adult decision, and move to quickly issue the drilling licences for the oil:

https://www.ft.com/content/c2dad93c-7192-11e7-aca6-c6bd07df1a3c