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1. We need a new federal approach to the oil industry

   Appeared in the Calgary Herald, May 16, 2020 With Canada’s energy sector on its knees, two prominent politicians—Elizabeth May, MP and former leader of the Green Party and Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet—earlier this month declared the sector ...

2. Trudeau government reveals what it truly thinks about Canada’s energy industry

   Appeared in National Newswatch, April 20, 2020 After weeks of delay, on Friday the federal government finally announced its aid package for the energy sector. To say it’s underwhelming would be an understatement. More than anything, the package confirms ...

3. Trudeau government must produce plan to help one of Canada’s most important sectors

   Canada’s energy sector employed (directly and indirectly) and supported more than 830,000 jobs. ...

4. Ford right to highlight economic damage of carbon taxes

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, February 7, 2019 Last week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said a carbon tax “will be a total economic disaster” and the “risk of a carbon-tax recession is very, very real.” Predictably, media outlets across the country blasted ...

5. Canada's competitiveness problems go beyond carbon tax

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, August 17, 2018 The federal government’s recent move to ease its carbon tax regime for big emitters is promising—the government is finally acknowledging Canada’s competiveness problem. However, these recent changes are not ...

6. Understanding the significance of the Kinder Morgan decision to suspend the Trans Mountain pipeline

   The decision by Kinder Morgan to suspend all non-essential spending on its Trans Mountain pipeline despite regulatory approval is yet another sign of the significant problems in Canada’s energy sector and indeed our broader economy. Fraser Institute ...