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1. Muskrat Falls project illustrates problem with public ownership of large-scale projects

   Government officials face very different incentives than people in the private sector. ...

2. U.S. states more attractive to energy investors than most provinces—including Alberta

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, January 20, 2021 For the past few years, Canada has suffered a marked decline in business investment growth, particularly in the country’s vital energy industry. If Canada is going to genuinely recover from the COVID recession ...

3. Government policies have made Canada less-attractive to investment in energy industry

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, March 6, 2019 It’s hard not to recognize that Canada—and Alberta—have become less-appealing places to do business in recent years. Last month another foreign oil company, U.S.-based Devon Energy, announced plans to exit the ...

4. Competitiveness should be a top priority for finance ministers

   Serious concerns about the country’s competitiveness hovered above talks this week at the federal-provincial finance ministers meeting in Ottawa. Which is not surprising. Canada has become a less appealing place to do business due to ...

5. Incentives matter for a better economy for Canadians

   Appeared in Maclean's, May 31, 2018 The last week has seen numerous assessments, mostly critical of the federal government’s decision to purchase the Trans Mountain pipeline. And yet, a key aspect of the decision—this government’s dismissive view of ...

6. Cryptocurrency investors eye provinces with low electricity rates

   Recent media reports suggest lower power costs in some provinces could make Canada an attractive destination for bitcoin miners to run their power-hungry operations, with a Chinese firm already considering establishing a bitcoin ...

7. Red tape chasing investors away from Alberta’s energy industry

   Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, October 18, 2017 Earlier this month, TransCanada Corporation, a major North American energy company, pulled the plug on Energy East—its 1.1 million-barrel-per-day oil pipeline between Alberta and New Brunswick—after the ...