The Canadian Press Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore's (R) comments about Alberta's oilsands irked Jason Kenney, who slammed him as someone who

Jason Kenney is taking aim at Al Gore after the former U.S. vice-president said Alberta's oilsands treat the environment like an "open sewer." Kenney, who is running to lead Alberta's new United Conservative Party, posted a video on his Facebook page skewering Gore for comments he made last week in an interview with Toronto's CP24.

Jason Kenney: The Hypocrisy of Al Gore Hypocrisy: If there's one person who defines the meaning of hypocrisy it's got to be former US Vice President Al Gore. He's once again attacking Alberta's energy industry and accusing our oil sands of using the skies as an "open sewer". Here's the reality check for Al Gore. Posted by Jason Kenney on Monday, August 7, 2017

"The world becomes steadily more aware of how dangerous it is to keep loading up the sky with this global warming pollution, using the sky as an open sewer. We can't do that anymore," Gore told the outlet in a response to a question about the oilsands, according to affiliate BNN. Kenny bashed Gore in his online diatribe as someone who "defines the meaning of hypocrisy." "Vice-president Gore has a swimming pool at one of his homes that consumes as much power in a year as the average American household uses in four years," Kenney says, citing a recent report by The National Center For Public Policy Research, a conservative American think tank. The organization says in its environmental policy it is firm in the belief that "private owners are the best stewards of the environment."

Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore attends a screening for "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power" in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on July 25, 2017.