In today’s Ottawa Citizen, I outline several reforms that would help facilitate a more constructive focus to the National Energy Board’s work while balancing opponents’ rights to be heard with the country’s…
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In my column for The Hill Times today, I write about fishery reform on the East Coast and the use of Individual Transferable Quotas (ITQs) to guarantee a fisherman’s share of the catch….
March 10, 2012 – In today’s Ottawa Citizen, I write about the greater degree of freedom Canada now enjoys in its relationship with the U.S. The full column below: Advantage, Canada…
In today’s Ottawa Citizen, I discuss why we shouldn’t care about how the EU will treat oil from Canada’s oilsands. The full column below: Why Canada needn’t fear the…
In today’s Hill Times column, I discuss trade with China. There is a great deal of pressure within Canada not to say anything that might ‘offend’ the Chinese because the subtext is…
February 11, 2012 – In my latest column for the Ottawa Citizen, I discuss how subsidizing poorly performing parts of Canada is in truth a policy of refusing to make people face the consequences of…
January 31, 2012 – In today’s Globe and Mail, I discuss why raising the qualifying age for Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement is the right thing to do. The full…
In my latest column for the Ottawa Citizen, I discuss why we don’t process the oilsands here at home. Read my full column below: Why we don’t just refine…
January 23, 2012 – In today’s Hill Times column, I discuss how to restore the Canadian consensus in favour of natural resource development. The full column is below: Canada’s monumental economic challenge:…
By Brian Lee Crowley, Ottawa Citizen, January 14, 2012 The start of hearings about the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline to take Alberta oil to the west coast has been notable…