The expanded convenience business, which brings together two rival distributors, will operate under the Core-Mark brand and will be headquartered in Texas.
In 2020, nearly 70% of consumers in both Canada and the United States primarily shopped locally in order to strengthen the local economy: Jackman Human Insights Study.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland defended Canada's higher target, saying that while the energy sector is very important to Canada, it has to be part of the climate change solution because "that's where the emissions are.''