Report: Canada 'must improve' green record

Members of Canada's Armed Forces hold the flag during the singing of the National Anthem before the start of the CFL's 99th Grey Cup football game between the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the BC Lions in Vancouver, British Columbia November 27, 2011. REUTERS/Todd Korol (CANADA  - Tags: SPORT FOOTBALL)

Record: Senate report says Canada not doing enough to curb greenhouse gases

Canada will not be able to fully benefit from huge resources of oil and natural gas unless the energy industry improves its environmental record, a Senate report concluded on Thursday.

The report, from the Energy Committee of the Senate, said Canada should do more to persuade the world it was developing its resources responsibly, Reuters reported.

"Canada must demonstrate its commitment to mitigating greenhouse gas emissions on a national scale," it said, adding that firms working in the oil sands industry had to improve their environmental performance.

Canada has the world's third largest proven reserves of crude and the Conservative government wants to turn the nation into an energy superpower.

But greenhouse gas emissions keep rising and look set to spike even higher as development picks up in the oil-rich tar sands. Activists…

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