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1. Annual Survey of Mining Companies, 2020

   This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 2020 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. Biden’s Keystone cancellation another blow to Canada’s energy sector

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, January 22, 2021 Despite pushback from governments across Canada, on inauguration day, President Joe Biden revoked the permit for the $10 billion Keystone XL pipeline, citing environmental concerns. This is more bad news for ...

3. U.S. states more attractive to energy investors than most provinces—including Alberta

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, January 20, 2021 For the past few years, Canada has suffered a marked decline in business investment growth, particularly in the country’s vital energy industry. If Canada is going to genuinely recover from the COVID recession ...

4. Canada-US Energy Sector Competitiveness Survey 2020

   This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute’s 2020 Canada–US Energy Sector Competitiveness Survey regarding barriers to investment in oil and gas exploration and production facilities in each country. The survey responses have been tallied to ...

5. Flawed federal carbon-pricing plan will hurt economy

   Last week the Trudeau government unveiled its updated (and long-awaited) climate change plan dubbed “A Healthy Environment and a Healthy Economy.” The plan includes 64 new measures and $15 billion in climate change-related spending, which ...

6. Higher electricity costs disproportionality hurting southwestern Ontario

   Appeared in the Epoch Times, December 14, 2020 Ontarians understand the personal costs—namely, higher electricity bills—of increased electricity prices caused largely by their provincial government’s Green Energy Act, which mandated and subsidized ...

7. Higher federal carbon tax will imperil Canadian competitiveness

   Last week, in the midst of a global pandemic and deep recession, the Trudeau government unveiled its new plan to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Despite adamantly stating it had no plans to increase the carbon tax beyond the ...

8. Biden’s presidency poses new risks for Canada’s energy sector

   Biden’s climate plan aims to wean the U.S. off of fossil fuels. ...

9. Canada should rethink its carbon-pricing policies

   Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, October 21, 2020 It’s widely acknowledged among economists that carbon-pricing is the most efficient way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address climate change. While tackling climate change is a priority, existing ...

10. Carbon Pricing in High-Income OECD Countries

    Most economists consider human-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions an unintended negative externality of production and consumption. A negative externality occurs when the effects of producing or consuming goods and services impose costs on a third party ...