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  1. Cancelling Contracts: The Power of Governments to Unilaterally Alter Agreements

    Government contracts are indeed contracts. In the normal course of events, their terms may be enforced and the Crown held liable for a breach. However, government contracts are not the ironclad agreements they appear to be because governments may change ...

  2. Want smarter government? Focus it

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald, Oct 4, 2014 Murray Smith, a former Alberta cabinet minister in the Ralph Klein government, the one that privatized government liquor stores and licence registries in 1993, once told me about a side benefit of such ...

  3. New Brunswick ignores energy success up north and in Pennsylvania

      In the recent New Brunswick election, an unremarkable engineering activity apparently took front and centre: hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, popularly known as fracking. The outgoing premier, David Alward, was clearly in favour of fracking. He ...

  4. Memo to politicians: Imitate the Fathers of Confederation

    Back in Canada’s pre-Confederation days, one selling point for uniting the then-disparate British provinces was to drop existing barriers to commerce. The hope was for a country with a free-flow of trade and services in which all could potentially prosper ...

  5. Premature action on fracking

    Appeared in the Summerside Journal-Pioneer and Miramichi Leader Nova Scotia’s government recently announced it would table legislation to establish a moratorium on the practice of hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) for the production of natural gas in ...

  6. Energy Abundance & Economic Growth

    Economic growth in the modern world is fueled by energy. Although the total size of the economy tends to grow faster than total energy consumption, the two nonetheless trend together over the long run. This raises an important research question: Does ...

  7. Canadian oil can make the world a safer place

    Appeared in the Calgary Herald and Edmonton Journal Given Canada's proximity to the United States, we tend to take our peace and security for granted. This comfortable distance from most of the world's violence has also led us to underestimate ...

  8. Crude Oil Politics

    Appeared in the American Magazine The Obama administration has been punting a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline for five years now, and there’s no sign the president’s kicking leg is getting tired. At various junctures in this endless drama, the White ...

  9. Despite her protests, Elizabeth May's 4 Facts are still based on speculation

      Elizabeth May has chosen to respond to my critique of her Green Party website post "4 facts about Keystone XL" here on the Huffington Post Blog. It's gracious of Ms. May to engage in those who may disagree with her positions. Alas, I' ...

  10. Elizabeth May and the Fact-challenged Fact Sheet

    Appeared in the Huffington Post, March 21, 2014 Recently, Green Party leader Elizabeth May orchestrated an open letter to United States Secretary of State John Kerry, urging the U.S. to reject the Keystone XL pipeline. In her note, Ms. May states that she ...