A proposed Canadian oil sands mine has split the country’s indigenous people, compounding the challenges facing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government as it decides whether to approve the project.
Teck Resources would build the C$20.6-billion Frontier mine 110 km north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, capable of eventually producing 260 000 barrels of crude oil per day. The mine, which would be one of the largest in Alberta’s oil sands, requires federal approval, even as the Trudeau government has promised to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.