Briefing Notes for Minister Joe Oliver in response to IEA's World Energy Outlook 2012

Received under an Access to Information request

August 26, 2013
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Government of Canada (Natural Resources Canada)
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The Pembina Institute submitted an Access to Information request to Natural Resources Canada requesting records prepared for Minister Joe Oliver concerning the International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook 2012. The excerpted briefing notes provided here are relevant to the consideration of the Keystone XL pipeline proposal.

For more information on the climate impacts of the Keystone XL pipeline, see the Pembina Institute's backgrounder document.

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