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1. The two sides of Rachel Notley

   Premier Rachel Notley loves Alberta. She loves Calgary. She loves the working people of the oilsands. And she loves pipelines and rail cars to move Alberta’s oil to more lucrative markets. At least, that’s what she loves when in front of ...

2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. Paying the price for pipeline obstructionism

   Fraser Institute researchers have written extensively about the costs of pipeline obstructionism in Canada, beginning back in 2013, when we observed that, unlike in previous years, growing opposition to pipelines posed a threat to Canada ...

5. Cost of cancelling Trans Mountain could be staggering

   Pipeline company Kinder Morgan has stopped all non-essential spending on the Trans Mountain (TMX) pipeline expansion, citing uncertainty over the regulatory process. If the uncertainty continues, and Kinder Morgan decides to cancel the ...

6. B.C.-Alberta pipeline war imbued with environmental hypocrisy

   Last week, in the latest skirmish in the British Columbia-Alberta pipeline wars, B.C. Premier John Horgan (pictured above) responded to an Alberta threat to turn-off the oil taps to B.C. (thus hiking gas prices in his province) by saying ...

7. 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 ...

8. Trump plays trump on Keystone XL pipeline

   Today, on President Trump’s second full weekday in office, he once again showed that what he talked about on the campaign trail was not idle chit-chat. According to news reports, Mr. Trump signed five Executive Orders today involving ...

9. The good and the bad of a Trump presidency for Canadian energy

   Today, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, and while nobody knows how Mr. Trump will actually govern, his rhetoric leading up to today’s inauguration offered both potential opportunities for Canada, ...

10. Trudeau gets a lesson on energy poverty by Ontario resident

    In a video now circulating around the Internet, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gets an earful from a distressed Ontarian over the insane cost of electricity in the province. Holding a hydro bill of more than $1,000 in her shaking hands, ...