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1. Will the last energy company to leave Alberta please turn off the lights

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, November 6, 2019 Another day, another announcement that a Canadian oil and gas company is heading for greener pastures. Last week, Encana, one of Canada’s oldest and most iconic energy companies (Encana is an abbreviation of ...

2. Federal regulators continue to ignore industry concerns

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, August 14, 2019 Good news. A new report by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce gives the federal government an A+ on modernizing individual regulatory frameworks, an A on establishing a regulatory competitiveness working group ...

3. About those 9,000 jobs, Mr. Prime Minister

   As virtually everyone knows by now, Prime Minister Trudeau is in hot water for attempting to influence attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould in the SNC-Lavalin affair. The prime minister’s rational (and that of former principal secretary ...

4. Red tape strangling Canada’s oil and gas industry

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, April 10, 2019 A new report by Ernst & Young, commissioned for the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association, should serve as a wake-up call for Alberta. According to the report, the last several years have seen an increase in ...

5. Imperial taps the brakes as Alberta diminishes in the eyes of investors

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, March 27, 2019 Imperial oil recently announced its approved $2.6 billion oilsand project (the Aspen project), which was expected in 2022 will now be delayed by at least one year. Rich Kruger, chairman of Imperial, blamed the ...

6. Throne speech provides scant details on key Alberta issues

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, March 20, 2019 Alberta’s speech from the throne, while overshadowed by Premier Notley’s election call a day later, was long on pomp, ceremony and platitudes but short on specifics, particularly on one of Alberta’s most ...

7. Global Petroleum Survey 2018

   This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 12th annual survey of petroleum industry executives and managers regarding barriers to investment in oil and gas exploration and production facilities in various jurisdictions around the globe. ...

8. Investor confidence plummets for British Columbia energy sector

   Appeared in the Vancouver Sun, November 29, 2017 Investor confidence in British Columbia’s energy sector is crucial, as the province is rich with vast natural gas resources. But according to this year’s Fraser Institute Global Petroleum Survey, B.C. ranks ...

9. Global Petroleum Survey 2017

   This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 11th annual survey of petroleum industry executives and managers regarding barriers to investment in oil and gas exploration and production facilities in various jurisdictions around the globe. ...

10. Energy East—Trudeau and Notley make pipeline projects unviable

    Appeared in the Financial Post, October 6, 2017 TransCanada’s withdrawal of its proposal to build the Energy East and Eastern Mainline oil pipelines is a huge loss to Canada and Canadian workers—a $16 billion project regulated to death. Let’s get the red ...