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  1. Clouds may be breaking over Alberta’s oil and gas sector

    Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, August 28, 2019 The troubles of the oil and gas sector continue to plague Alberta. The province’s unemployment rate (as of July) was stuck at 7 per cent, better than the 9.1 per cent of October 2016, but well above the 5.2 ...

  2. Texas towers over Alberta post-price drop

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, August 21, 2019 People sometimes talk about Alberta being the “Texas of Canada.” And there are some apt comparisons. Rodeo? Check. Cowboy hats and boots? Check. Country-Western music? Check. Oil and Cattle? Check. Equal ...

  3. Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion back on track

    As researchers at the Fraser Institute have shown, Canada has paid a steep price due to constraints in our ability to transport oil to better paying markets: In October 2018, Canadian heavy crude (WCS) traded at about 40 per cent of the U ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Sobeys joins foolish war on plastic

    Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, August 7, 2019 The newest front in the war on plastic is coming courtesy of the Sobeys grocery store chain, which will become the first Canadian grocer to end the use of plastic bags. Sobeys said the move will take 225 ...

  6. Policymakers should drop ‘magical thinking’ and get serious about energy

    Appeared in the Calgary Sun, June 26, 2019 Clearly, environmental groups such as the David Suzuki Foundation remain enamoured of renewable energy, telling followers that the “global push for cleaner, healthier energy is on. With costs dropping ...

  7. Report swings and misses at carbon price 'myths'

    In a previous blog post, I explored whether the “10 Myths about carbon pricing in Canada” recently published by the Ecofiscal Commission were really all that mythical. The previous post looked at myths one to five. This post will look at ...

  8. A glimmer of hope for natural resource development

    As we have written before, Bill C-69, a bill to ostensibly improve the rigour of decision-making and streamline the regulatory review process for large energy projects (including pipelines) is deeply flawed. The bill, which is currently ...

  9. Canada’s flawed carbon pricing

    Appeared in the Edmonton Sun, May 8, 2019 The first test, that provinces will be able to resist the new federal carbon tax, has concluded. And opponents of the federal carbon tax have come away empty-handed. In a split 3-2 decision, last week the ...

  10. Eco-group presents a few strawmen and two red herrings

    The Ecofiscal Commission, which pushes pollution pricing, recently released a report called “ 10 myths about carbon pricing in Canada,” which fails to live up to its title. For example, it claims that some people propagate the myth that ...