NDP wants Suncor CEO to tell MPs why company moving away from focus on clean energy

NDP MP Charlie Angus will ask the natural resources committee to summon the CEO of oilsands giant Suncor when the House of Commons resumes next week.

Angus said CEO Rich Kruger has a lot of explaining to over his remarks to investors on a conference call in August.

Kruger, who took over as Suncor CEO in April, said the company had a "disproportionate" focus on the longer-term energy transition to low-emitting and renewable fuels. He said it needed to revise its direction toward the immediate financial opportunities in the oilsands.

"Today, we win by creating value through our large integrated asset base underpinned by oilsands," he said on Aug. 15.