OTTAWA — Leaders in Alberta’s energy sector saw some things to like in Tuesday’s federal budget , but say it doesn’t quite prime Canada to become a global energy superpower. Article content

Sprinkled in the 493-page budget, Mark Carney’s first as prime minister, are partial climbdowns on the oil and gas emissions cap and federal provisions against “greenwashing”, two of the nine bad laws critics say are throttling Alberta’s oil and gas sector. Article content

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Calgary-based energy analyst Heather Exner-Pirot said she was “pleasantly surprised” to see these concessions in the document.

“I actually feel like we got more information than what I was expecting … Carney showed his cards and weakened his hand on purpose, and I think it was out of go

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