The announcement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Monday seemed like undiluted good news.
Ottawa would provide $420 million in aid to Algoma Steel so it could convert its coal-fired furnaces to “electric-arc” technology. Technology that could cut the greenhouse gasses spewed from the Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., plant dramatically — by the equivalent of 900,000 gas-guzzling cars.
Can you make steel by burning politicians?
