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1. A worrying trend at the Edmonton Food Bank

   As I noted in a recent column in the Calgary Sun, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has an odd idea about Alberta’s economic “recovery.” I quoted the Premier, in her optimism: “As things continue to look up, we have another sign more ...

2. Alberta needs diversification—of oil transport capacity

   If it wasn’t already clear why Alberta needs a broader customer base and more highly diversified oil transportation capacity, recent events should make it painfully obvious. First, despite today’s dip, oil prices for West Texas ...

3. Things are looking better for Canadian oil and gas

   Statistics Canada has some good news for anyone interested in the health of Canada’s oil and gas industry. Canadian oil production is nearly at full capacity, and natural gas is also showing solid growth compared to last year at this ...

4. Pembina’s renewable revolution requires a rethink

   Recently, Binnu Jeyakumar, director of the Pembina Institute’s electricity program, published an article in the Edmonton Journal, essentially claiming that the renewable power revolution in Alberta is nigh, and exhorting everyone to get ...

5. U.S. invites new oil and gas investment while Canada lags behind

   Last week, America’s oil and gas sector received good news on the investment front. Pembina Pipeline Corp’s CEO Mick Dilger said that the next “game-changing” project could be in the United States, not Canada. He’s referring to the ...

6. 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 ...

7. Risky business—the clean tech gamble

   Governments across Canada are betting big (carbon tax) money on clean tech. Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta have all directed funds from carbon pricing into ventures promoting “clean tech” (a.k.a. technology that provides ...

8. Alberta’s carbon tax will lead to loss of jobs, income, exports, revenues, etc.

   The Alberta media is abuzz with the findings of an internal NDP analysis of its first-concept carbon tax. Chris Varcoe, at the Calgary Herald dropped some of the bombshell findings on June 17. To be fair, the carbon tax was not ...

9. Alberta carbon tax will fund bureaucratic expansion, redistribute wealth of Albertans

   Alberta Minister of Environment and Parks Shannon Phillips recently introduced Bill 20, the Climate Leadership Implementation Act. If there was any doubt that Alberta’s climate plan is little more than expansionary tax-and-spend ...

10. No coal for Premier Notley (higher electricity bills may be coming to Alberta)

    Alberta Premier Rachel Notley (above) has been making headlines recently as she travelled out East, giving speeches to investors in an attempt to encourage them to put money in the province’s weakened economy. She has also made some ...