In recent days, Toronto Dominion Bank announced that it will not loan money towards any oil and gas or related development in the Arctic. While this may elicit joy from the woke anti-fossil fuel global warmists, this was, in reality, a very easy decision for TD, and...
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Canada Energy Exports v. Imports
The Nuclear Industry Could be a Real Asset for Alberta
If the COVID crisis takes most of the media coverage, environmental claims remain. Friday for Future, the movement launched by Greta Thunberg, has come back to protest the federal government's inaction on earlier green promises such as curbing greenhouse gas...
Potentially Powerful Pipeline Precedents
Fracking (horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing) has unleashed bounties of US oil and natural gas, dramatically reduced energy prices from their historic 2008 peak, saved families and industries billions of dollars annually, helped create and sustain millions...
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Strike Before the Crumble
COVID-19 has left a gaping hole in Quebec’s healthcare system. Lack of nursing personnel, testing shortages, overflooding hospitals and postponed surgeries have turned Quebec’s healthcare into complete chaos. "We must invest in the health-care system, which is in the...
Let a Thousand Capital Markets Bloom
Alarm bells ought to be ringing in Canada. Business, industrial and foreign direct investment have performed pitifully over the past decade, with no reason to believe there will be a turnaround any time soon. As noted by Steven Globerman of Western Washington...
Alberta Fracking Regulation
Alberta is looking at updating its regulatory framework for hydraulic fracturing practices. As a farmer and rural land owner, I particularly like the idea of having baseline studies of ground water quality done before development occurs. This is an essential...
What Would Happen If Alberta Refused to Ship BC Gas to Market?
Christie Clark is on really thin ice with her position.
Nuclear Power an Option for Australia
AUSTRALIA will have to consider a nuclear-powered future by the end of the decade
Jobs and Energy
Where does the president stand… jobs or special interest groups?
Where Does Heavy Oil Come From?
I wonder if the EU is considering this oil in their new carbon standard?
A Delay Too Far
The federal government should direct the NEB to expedite this process and get it considered within 3 months.
Greenpeace Would not Approve
Gitxsan First Nation takes ownership stake in Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline project
Fast Frank on Energy Policy
We have to arrest this current situation where Canada is getting the short end of the stick when it comes to prices on exports.
The Myth of North American Carbon Reduction Laggards
This study reassesses the greenhouse gas emissions reduction performance of Canada and the United States in light of relevant demographic and economic statistics.