If the current Quebec election standings are confirmed, there is even less reason for Ottawa to regard any PQ government as anything but a weak minority with no mandate to…
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September 4, 2012 – Suffering from Breakup Anxiety Syndrome due to the Quebec election? The cure is at hand: See my column for the Ottawa Citizen and Calgary Herald below. PQ governments…
July 28, 2012 – Premier Christy Clark’s recent demands to receive its “fair share” of the proceeds and improved environmental protections from the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline is the latest example of…
On August 1, 2012, Brian will speak at the Merck Animal Health’s meeting in Victoria, B.C. His talk will focus on how regulation can keep pace with innovation and technology….
In today’s Ottawa Citizen, my colleague, Ken Coates, and I write an op-ed on First Nations and the future of the natural resource economy. The full op-ed is copied below: …
In my latest column for the Ottawa Citizen and Calgary Herald, I write about how to reshape the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) to make it an effective force for…
On July 21, 2012, Brian will speak at the 65th Annual Meeting of the Council of State Governments-WEST (CSG-WEST) in Edmonton, Alberta. His talk will focus on economic development in…
Our great failing vis-à-vis Quebec has not been our unwillingness to change to accommodate them. It has been our unwillingness to demand their respect for our differences, and for the…
June 30, 2012 – It is time to call foul – or maybe that should be fowl – on the arbitrary power that agricultural supply management grants to powerful interests to…
In my latest column for the Ottawa Citizen, I write that the centrist Liberals would do themselves and the country a far greater service by rediscovering their deep roots as a party of…