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1. Annual Survey of Mining Companies, 2018

   This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 2018 annual survey of mining and exploration companies. The survey is an attempt to assess how mineral endowments and public policy factors such as taxation and regulatory uncertainty affect ...

2. 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. ...

3. Permit Times for Mining Exploration in 2017

   Since 1997, the Fraser Institute has collected information from mining company executives, who evaluate mining policies in jurisdictions around the world. One theme that regularly appears in the comments we receive as part of that survey is a perception ...

4. Ontario’s power-price crisis—how did it happen and who got hurt

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, April 17, 2018 Before something can be fixed, one must understand how it got broken. Researchers at the Fraser Institute have spent more than a decade looking at exactly that question regarding Ontario electricity markets. ...

5. 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 ...

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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. Reality check—Canada’s need for new pipelines is critical

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, March 31, 2018 In recent months, Canadian crude oil prices have dropped relative to other international benchmark prices, costing the economy billions in foregone revenues. The recent surge in the Western Canada Select (WCS) ...

9. Mining investors dramatically downgrade Manitoba in annual survey

   Appeared in the Winnipeg Sun, March 4, 2018 Manitoba is no longer a top-ranked jurisdiction for mining investment, and government policy uncertainty is largely to blame, according to the Fraser Institute’s annual survey of mining companies. Every year the ...

10. Good news—Ontario improves in the eyes of mining investors

    Appeared in National Newswatch, February 28, 2018 This year Ontario received some good news from mining investors who now see the province as one of the top 10 most attractive regions for mining investment worldwide, according to the Fraser Institute’s ...