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1. A new twist on the carbon tax?

   The plan includes a “carbon price” between $20 per tonne and $50 per tonne on fuels. ...

2. Ford government should solve Ontario’s electricity-cost problem

   According to a report in the Financial Post, Ontario’s New Democratic Party says the Ford government’s decision to cancel some 750 early-stage renewable energy contracts actually cost Ontario taxpayers $231 million in fiscal year 2018 ...

3. Fast-growing developing countries will spur demand for oil for decades

   When people tell you the future is free of fossil fuels, you should direct them to this report by BP on future oil demand. It features a great chart showing the projected oil demand to 2040 by a dozen different estimates (by different ...

4. Ring of Fire breakthrough can’t come soon enough

   According to a recent report in the Financial Post, the Ford government is seeking to break the continuing gridlock over developing Ontario’s vast chromite deposits in an area known as the Ring of Fire. Ontario’s chromite deposits are ...

5. The investment exodus from Alberta continues

   As a recent article in the Financial Post documents, the exodus of foreign capital from Canada’s energy industry is continuing apace. In addition to Kinder Morgan: Other recent major exits include ConocoPhillips’ US$13.2 billion sale of ...

6. Carbon leakage—the Whac-A-Mole effect

   There are many problems with Canada’s federal carbon tax plan, which will rise to $50 per tonne of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2022, including that a national carbon tax will inevitably be inequitable at the provincial level. Some ...

7. Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion back on track

   As researchers at the Fraser Institute have shown, Canada has paid a steep price due to constraints in our ability to transport oil to better paying markets: In October 2018, Canadian heavy crude (WCS) traded at about 40 per cent of the U ...

8. Report swings and misses at carbon price 'myths'

   In a previous blog post, I explored whether the “10 Myths about carbon pricing in Canada” recently published by the Ecofiscal Commission were really all that mythical. The previous post looked at myths one to five. This post will look at ...

9. A glimmer of hope for natural resource development

   As we have written before, Bill C-69, a bill to ostensibly improve the rigour of decision-making and streamline the regulatory review process for large energy projects (including pipelines) is deeply flawed. The bill, which is currently ...

10. Eco-group presents a few strawmen and two red herrings

    The Ecofiscal Commission, which pushes pollution pricing, recently released a report called “ 10 myths about carbon pricing in Canada,” which fails to live up to its title. For example, it claims that some people propagate the myth that ...