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1. Canada’s energy sector gets some gifts (and a lump of coal) in 2017

   Canada’s energy economy received several gifts in time for this holiday season. Some were good, some were, well, not so good. One of the gifts was from the National Energy Board, which finally exerted its federal authority to approve ...

2. Myth of energy-induced booms and busts

   Appeared in the Medicine Hat News, Kelowna Daily Courier, and Penticton Herald There is a prominent view among some in Alberta’s provincial government and elsewhere in the province that believes booms and busts in government finances are a result of the ...

3. Who Could Object to a Carbon Tax?

   Appeared in The Province, Huffington Post, and Okanagan Saturday, Dec 5, 2014 Carbon taxes are back on centre stage in Canada, after a new “bipartisan” Ecofiscal Commission came out in favour of the idea. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is also talking ...

4. Want smarter government? Focus it

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald, Oct 4, 2014 Murray Smith, a former Alberta cabinet minister in the Ralph Klein government, the one that privatized government liquor stores and licence registries in 1993, once told me about a side benefit of such ...

5. Troubling precedent: Can Alberta demand a fair share of BC's eastern exports?

   Appeared in the Financial Post Alberta Premier Alison Redford and B.C. Premier Christy Clark recently announced a "framework agreement" on the proposed Northern Gateway oil pipeline, removing what was seen as a serious barrier to development. ...

6. B.C. to Alberta: Stuff your oil

   Appeared in the Huffington Post On the last day of May, the government of British Columbia gave the back of its hand to Alberta and indirectly to the rest of Canada, which benefits—and could benefit more—from continued development of Alberta’s oilsands. ...

7. Why 40-40 is Foolish-Foolish

   Appeared in the Provost News Carbon taxes are once again dominating the discussion over energy policy in Alberta, where Environment Minister Diana McQueen has proposed a sharp hike to Alberta’s carbon levy. Presently, large emitters in Alberta are ...

8. BC Premier's Alberta shakedown

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald, Vancouver Sun, Waterloo Region Record, Winnipeg Free Press and Stockwatch.com With her demand that either Alberta or Ottawa ante up more cash before the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline can proceed through parts of ...

9. Alberta's public sector unions versus Alberta prosperity

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald If Albertans employed in the energy sector ever wonder why some people underestimate the vast contributions made by the oil and gas industry to Alberta’s prosperity, a new ad from the Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) ...

10. Alberta Electricity Transmission Policy for the Next Generation

    Electricity generation in Alberta was deregulated by the Electric Utilities Act of 1995. The act established the market where electricity producers, marketers, importers, distributors, exporters, and large industrial consumers could sell and buy ...