Canada’s oilsands produce 0.15 percent of global emissions. Cancelling a pipeline won’t clear the smoke

**Editorial Summary** This opinion piece argues that Canadian oilsands emissions (0.15% of global total) are too small to meaningfully impact climate outcomes, and that selective moral scrutiny of the sector versus other high-emission industries (auto, transportation) fuels regional alienation without achieving climate goals. The argument is structurally sound with concrete figures and polling data, but relies heavily on a narrow climate-math framing that sidesteps the policy debate over production expansion's indirect effects and may underestimate reader sophistication about the relationship …