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The gutting by Donald Trump of his predecessor’s climate-change initiatives is stirring debate about whether Canadian governments should decelerate their own green agendas, particularly if they make Canadian oil and gas less competitive.

As promised, Trump signed an executive order Tuesday to suspend, rescind or flag for review more than a half-dozen measures in an effort to boost domestic fossil fuel production, which environmental groups are planning to challenge in court, and which they hope Canada won’t follow.

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Truth is, Canada’s oilsands sector, until recently the most vilified of fossil fuels, is too far down the road of de-carbonization to back up. Indeed, it’s pushing hard on innovations that reduce greenhouse gas emissions because in many cases they also make the deposits more resilient by reducing costs.

As a recent study by CIBC World Markets put it, there is “considerable impetus” by the industry to improve its emissions intensity.