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1. Capital flows to jurisdictions with sound, attractive polices

   Three articles, published on sequential days this month, paint a stark contrast between oil and gas regulation in the United States and Canada. Writing in Forbes, David Blackmon paints a vivid picture of a flourishing American oil and ...

2. The oil investment exodus out of Canada

   A recent report by ARC Financial Corporation notes that investment spending in the oil and gas sector has been reduced to “legacy spending,” with nominal capital expenditures for conventional oil producers as low as it was in the mid ...

3. Premier Notley and pipelines—better late than never

   One must give credit where credit is due, and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley’s evolution on pipelines is due some credit. She fired a warning shot with the short-lived British Columbia wine embargo, but is unlimbering some far heavier ...

4. Trump at two weeks, and what he could mean for Canadian energy

   It has been two weeks since the world order (and some of my research agenda for the next four to eight years) was thrown into complete turmoil by the election of Donald J. Trump as president of the United States. (I hope at this point ...

5. New outlook on oil production likely pushes 'bite’ of Alberta carbon cap beyond 2040

   Last week, the NDP government in Alberta tabled Bill 25, to advance the imposition of an annual cap of 100 megatonnes (MT) for greenhouse gases from the oilsands, making Alberta the first major oil producing region to institute such a ...

6. National carbon price will likely raise costs for Canadians, damage overall economy

   Yesterday the Liberal government revealed plans to impose a national carbon price on the provinces, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The plan requires provinces to adopt a carbon tax or cap-and-trade scheme. There is, in ...

7. A carbon tax is not a 'price'

   Laval University economics professor Stephen Gordon had a recent op-ed in the National Post where he castigates small “c” and big “C” conservatives for their opposition to a carbon tax. I found two things interesting about his piece: (1) ...

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. Carbon tax another blow to the Alberta Advantage

    For years, Alberta has maintained a strong investment climate vis-à-vis other provinces and other energy-producing jurisdictions, and this helped make it an economic powerhouse. A competitive, well-designed tax regime anchored an ...