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1. Carney’s climate plans may push oil/gas production from Canada to state-owned firms abroad

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, February 10, 2020 Soon, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney (pictured above) will join the United Nations as a special envoy on climate change and finance, where he will push financial institutions and banks to adopt ...

2. Texas shines bright while Alberta dims

   Sixty-five per cent of respondents for Alberta were deterred by the high cost of regulatory compliance. ...

3. The impact of the carbon tax on Canadian industry

   Last month, an Ecofiscal Commission report found that Canada must adopt a carbon price of $210 per tonne by 2030 to meet its Paris targets—assuming it relies on the carbon tax alone. The report estimates that this would mean a 40 cent per ...

4. Saskatchewan tops in the eyes of oil and gas investors, but there’s considerable room for improvement

   Oil and gas investors see Saskatchewan as Canada’s most attractive province for upstream investment, but the province doesn’t perform well when compared to many of its American counterparts, so there’s considerable room for improvement in ...

5. Trudeau government should make Canada’s energy sector attractive again

   Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, November 22, 2019 Last month after Encana, once Canada’s largest natural gas producer, announced plans to change its name and move its corporate headquarters to the United States, the media understandably focused on the ...

6. B.C. performs poorly in eyes of oil and gas investors

   According to the results of a new survey, British Columbia is Canada’s least-attractive jurisdiction for oil and gas investment. To make matters worse, B.C. ranks second-last when compared to other provinces and American states. So what’s ...

7. Canada-US Energy Sector Competitiveness Survey 2019

   This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 2019 Canada-US Energy Sector Competitiveness Survey regarding barriers to investment in oil and gas exploration and production facilities in each of the two countries. The survey responses have ...

8. New federal government must ease burden on Canada’s energy sector

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, November 8, 2019 Two weeks after the federal election, it’s easy to understand why many Albertans and Saskatchewanians, especially those in (or affected by) the energy sector, are frustrated. More than 100,000 workers have ...

9. Trans Mountain expansion good for all Canadians—and Confederation

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, October 25, 2019 Canadians on Monday elected a minority Liberal government. Now it’s time for the Trudeau government to reciprocate and govern in the best interest of all Canadians. Among other things, that means building the ...

10. Canada’s North attracts mining interest but government policies require reform

    It’s a positive sign when two studies draw similar conclusions about the mining sector in Canada’s North—essentially that mining activities in Canada’s North offer great promise for the region. Firstly, a 2019 Conference Board of Canada ...