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1. Fraser Forum- September 2009: Canada's Labour Market

   In this issue: Highlights of the 2009 Petroleum Survey by Gerry Angevine Manitoba is now the most attractive Canadian province for petroleum investment, while Alberta is the least attractive. Smart thinking on sales taxes by Niels Veldhuis and Charles ...

2. Global Petroleum Survey 2009

   This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute's 3rd annual survey of petroleum industry executives and managers regarding barriers to investment in oil and gas exploration and production in various jurisdictions around the world. The ...

3. Alberta Electricity Transmission Policy for the Next Generation

   Electricity generation in Alberta was deregulated by the Electric Utilities Act of 1995. The act established the market where electricity producers, marketers, importers, distributors, exporters, and large industrial consumers could sell and buy ...

4. President Obama: You need Canuck oil

   Appeared in the Halifax Chronicle Herald, Fredericton Gleaner, and Kitchener Record A great deal is riding on President Barack Obama’s visit to Canada on Thursday. The decidedly green bent of his new administration has the potential to undercut Canada’s ...

5. Royalty discount not enough to prevent investment from fleeing Alberta

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun The Alberta government this week announced that it is postponing royalty rate hikes on some types of new oil and gas wells in hope of attracting new drilling projects. The change is an acknowledgement that the higher royalties ...

6. Fraser Forum- October 2008: US Election Consequences

   In this issue: Up Front: Celebrate Hong Kong On September 16, the Fraser Institute announced the results of the annual Economic Freedom of the World report in Hong Kong at a gala event. Is America becoming Canadianized? by Jason Clemens Some of Canada’s ...

7. Securing Ontario's Power Supply: Market Forces Are Superior to Government Fiat

   The Ontario government, under Premier Dalton McGuinty, is preparing to adopt a new energy plan that prescribes both the amount of electricity-generating capacity and the specific types. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files ...

8. Comments Submitted to the Ontario Energy Board with Regard to The Ontario Power Authority's Integrated Power System Plan

   The Ontario government, under Premier Dalton McGuinty, is preparing to adopt a new energy plan. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/SubmissionOntarioPowerSupply3.pdf ...

9. Eliminating Barriers to Worker Mobility: Increasing the Availability of Skilled Labor in Alberta's Oil Sands Industry

   The demand in Alberta for skilled workers is projected to continue to grow rapidly, especially for oil sands construction projects. A ready supply of out-of-province workers would help to prevent construction project delays and cost overruns. Provincial ...

10. Global Petroleum Survey 2008

    This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute's second annual survey on barriers to investment in the exploration and production of oil and gas. The rankings are based on the grading of jurisdictions by managers and executives in the ...