"If Canada matched the U.S. approach, all new oilsands facilities that hadn't begun construction by January 2011 would be subject to federal greenhouse gas regulations. The regulatory route the U.S. is following isn't perfect, but there is no excuse for Stephen Harper's government to continue failing to regulate industrial emissions four years after it first promised to do so," noted P.J. Partington lead author of Pembina's analysis.

The briefing paper follows on the heels of the release of freedom of information requests showing that the Canadian Government has been systematically trying to kill clean energy and climate change policies in other countries, including in the U.S.