Opinion: Simply stripping away 'red tape' isn't the path to true abundance

The new Canada-Alberta accord on facilitating expanded exports of Alberta oil to world markets is the latest expression of a building-first philosophy that treats environmental risk and Indigenous rights as obstacles to be overcome rather than reasons to change course. The MOU is a quintessential example of the vision laid out in the recently published book Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson, two self-identified progressives, which has struck a nerve across much of North Americ