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Varcoe: 'Love it or hate it', oil demand still growing despite federal claims

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Oil and gas demand for both oil and gas will peak this decade , says Canada ’s Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson .

International Energy Agency says global oil demand is decelerating from 2023 levels due to a slowing economy in China .

OPEC long-term outlook released this year by OPEC is projecting consumption will rise to about 120 million bpd by 2050 .

The energy minister of Alberta says demand demand will probably peak this year .

He questions the signal it sends when the energy minister says demand will peak.

"If that’s what the government believes, that tells me how they are thinking about economic opportunities, the risk of trade-offs and where to put policy," he says.

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