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1. Understanding the Changes in Ontario's Electricity Markets and Their Effects

   Energy consumption is a driver of economic growth. Policymakers in Ontario have made poor policy decisions, resulting in rising electricity costs, lower employment, and lower competitiveness, while achieving minimal environmental benefits. This ...

2. New plan to ‘approve' pipelines designed to intensify pipeline wars

   Appeared in the Financial Post, February 13, 2018 The Trudeau government has announced its plan to “improve” the National Energy Board. The language of the announcement is all “sunny ways,” promising to be all things to all stakeholders. The new approval ...

3. Ontarians need real reforms that will actually reduce electricity prices

   Those smart thermostats won't be free—taxpayers will foot the bill. ...

4. Ontario coal phase-out did not end ’smog days’

   Jennifer Keesmaat, chief planner for the City of Toronto, has been tweeting about how phasing out coal in Ontario has made “smog days” a thing of the past. She also credits the coal phase-out with enabling Toronto to meet its city ...

5. Canada’s carbon pricing—bait and switch

   Appeared in The Hill, May 14, 2017 Canada is being touted as a potential “international beacon” of greenhouse gas (“carbon”) pricing, as several provinces, and the Canadian federal government, have implemented it in several forms. In The Hill recently, ...

6. Pipelines or Policies: What's Behind the Fall in Investor Confidence in Alberta?

   While an analysis of the share prices of firms show that savvy investors have already “priced in” many of the concerns about oil transport and access to outside markets, the Fraser Institute’s annual Global Petroleum Survey shows that investor confidence ...

7. A tax grab cloaked in green

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, Calgary Sun, Edmonton Sun and Ottawa Sun With Alberta’s economy sinking rapidly, the new Alberta government has decided to throw the province a few new anchors. First, Premier Rachel Notley announced her plan to follow through ...

8. Ontario's 'carbon tax' offers no benefit

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun With a call-for-comments, Ontario released its Climate Change Discussion Paper on Feb. 12. The plan is essentially a laundry list of public policies that have been sought by environmentalists and allies for decades: smart ...

9. The misguided attraction of energy conservation

   Appeared in the Financial Post At the end of March, the CEO of the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) issued a directive regarding the implementation of Ontario's "Long term energy plan," which spells out  what the provincial energy regulator ...

10. Never underestimate the potential for bad policy

    Appeared in the Toronto Sun and Owen Sound Sun Times Back in 2005, the Fraser Institute published a policy study examining the Ontario government's decision to shut down coal-fired power generation in the province. We observed that while the ...