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1. Death of Keystone increases risk to people and the environment

   Oil moved by rail is 4.5 times more likely to experience some kind of accident in transit than oil moved by pipeline. ...

2. Keystone XL—perhaps Canada’s last great pipeline project

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, January 27, 2021 The Biden administration’s long-anticipated termination of the Keystone XL pipeline project puts the cap on what may become the definitive icon of environmental project killing. Much has already been written, ...

3. Biden’s Keystone cancellation another blow to Canada’s energy sector

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, January 22, 2021 Despite pushback from governments across Canada, on inauguration day, President Joe Biden revoked the permit for the $10 billion Keystone XL pipeline, citing environmental concerns. This is more bad news for ...

4. We need a new federal approach to the oil industry

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald, May 16, 2020 With Canada’s energy sector on its knees, two prominent politicians—Elizabeth May, MP and former leader of the Green Party and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet—earlier this month declared the sector ...

5. Don’t be fooled by ShutDownCanada or misleading claims from dishonest activists

   Appeared in National Newswatch, February 18, 2020 On Tuesday, while activists reportedly tried to “ arrest ” Premier John Horgan at his house in British Columbia, Prime Minister Trudeau spoke to the House of Commons, stressing the need for “ patience ” as ...

6. Government sits idle as pipeline obstructionists wage war

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, September 11, 2019 Once again, a small group of anti-pipeline activists have thrown another roadblock at the proposed Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion. Lest anyone has been living in a cave or out of the country for a few ...

7. Energy industry losing billions while Ottawa twiddles its thumbs

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, May 1, 2019 Way back in 2016, researchers at the Fraser Institute first set out to measure the costs Canada incurs due to insufficient pipeline capacity and access to more lucrative foreign markets. They found that higher ...

8. Canada’s energy sector loses $20.6 billion in 2018 due to pipeline shortage

   Appeared in the National Post, April 30, 2019 With pipeline shortages driving down the price of Canadian oil, the losses for the energy sector—and for Canada’s economy—are staggering. According to a new study, insufficient pipeline capacity cost Canada’s ...

9. Latest Trans Mountain greenlight unlikely to end pipeline paralysis

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, February 27, 2019 Canada should celebrate the recent decision of the National Energy Board to recommend approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, with its promise of jobs and economic benefits. According to Natural ...

10. Notley's late (and little) holiday gift for Alberta

    Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, December 19, 2018 After a first ministers meeting where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had to be cajoled and threatened with a boycotting minister to get important energy policy onto the agenda, Premier Rachel Notley, once ...