Manitoba Premier Heather Stefanson does us all proud in defending the province’s constitutional right to control its natural resources. She tweeted recently, “I will always defend Manitoba from any attempt to unilaterally strip clear provincial constitutional...
The path to net zero, based on the much disputed belief that carbon dioxide is a pollution, is more steep and impractical than most people realize. Replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity will require much more power generation and a greatly upgraded grid to...
OTTAWA, REGINA - Last week, two things happened that could have profound impacts on natural resources development in Saskatchewan. One is a hint the federal government might want to take control of natural resources away from the provinces, and the other is the...
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A few weeks ago, Albertans voted to reduce the inequities in the federal equalization program. The deficit between the dollars that leave to and come back from Ottawa has recently been as high as $27 billion in one year. During times of crisis, it feels like salt in...
One of the most widespread economic myths is that inflation—the reduced purchasing power of a currency—is a win for a nation, a sign of a booming economy. For the privileged classes in government and with initial access to monetary expansion, it is a win. For everyone...
"The current state of affairs in Canada is such that building a pipeline to tidewater is practically impossible," says Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. Truer words were rarely spoken. These ones were spoken at an August 30 press conference as the courts set back the...
Recently, the consortium of large multinational firms (Shell, PetroChina, Petronas of Malaysia, Korea Gas, Mitsubishi) that collectively own pieces of the planned LNG Canada project to be built at Kitimat on the northwest coast of British Columbia, announced that...
Our present electrical system consists of power-producing plants (coal, natural gas, oil, solar, wind, nuclear, and hydro) and consumers of electricity (houses, schools, commercial buildings, and industrial plants). The producing plants generate electricity based upon...
The Shale Revolution, technology unleashing vast new oil and natural gas production, is delivering lower energy costs to countries, industries and consumers. Absent revolutionary hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and horizontal drilling, Canadians’ winter heating bills...
Many opponents of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion justify their opposition by citing concerns about climate change and carbon emissions, but this raises some important questions. What about coal? Vancouver is North America's largest exporter of coal, one-third...
Ian Madsen joins Geoff Currier to explain the common negative effects that are nearly inevitable, and more.
The Northern Gateway, Energy East, and Pacific Northwest LNG Pipeline proposals have been scrapped. Scotiabank estimates that the Canadian economy forfeits $15.6 billion per year as other pipeline proposals await approval. Has this happened because Canadians...
The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project only superficially appears to have been “saved.” The federal government’s nationalization “solution” was birthed by its earlier botching of energy and environmental regulation and policy. Federal and provincial permit...
Canada’s latest political drama has come from the current state of jeopardy of the Trans Mountain pipeline. The B.C. government is asking the courts if it can block the pipeline, creating bipartisan agreement by Alberta politicians for some radical policies. The...