When in early december he announced his decision on several pipelines, approving two and vetoing another, Prime Minister Trudeau clearly thought he was showing how these decisions ought to be…
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At a time when the federal and several provincial governments have raised the bar on environmental and other standards for the oil patch it is not churlish to ask the…
As the world price of oil has fallen by almost $100/barrel in the last year or so, provincial finances in places like Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador have been…
For the longest time Canada’s O&G industry reaped the benefits of having privileged access to the US market, serving regions that found it difficult or costly to bring in oil…
In my July 26th column for the ROB’s Economy Lab feature in the Globe I point out that in his recent encyclical on climate change Pope Francis wants to suck…
Canadians are so used to the economic action being in places like BC and Alberta (and once upon a time in Ontario!) that they have missed the dark horse coming…
Regular visitors to this site will know I am a vociferous critic of the concept of social licence. I’ll be in Calgary on Wednesday, October 8th to speak on a…
Following the release of MLI’s latest study The Way Out: new thinking about Aboriginal engagement and energy infrastructure to the west coast, part of our ground-breaking series Aboriginal Canada and the…
Very proud to be co-author of this important paper over at www.macdonaldlaurier.ca outlining how Canada can live up to its potential as world energy superpower by engaging with First Nations…