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1. B.C. miners face more onerous permitting process compared to miners in other provinces

   A well-developed mining sector can produce considerable economic and community benefits. ...

2. Permit Times for Mining Exploration in 2017

   Since 1997, the Fraser Institute has collected information from mining company executives, who evaluate mining policies in jurisdictions around the world. One theme that regularly appears in the comments we receive as part of that survey is a perception ...

3. Enbridge pipeline approval good news—but Canadian oil remains largely confined to U.S. market

   Appeared in the Calgary Sun, July 7, 2018 Regulators in Minnesota recently approved Enbridge’s $9 billion “Line 3” replacement pipeline project. This is welcome news as the project will add much-needed export capacity for Canadian oil producers in Alberta ...

4. Competitiveness should be a top priority for finance ministers

   Serious concerns about the country’s competitiveness hovered above talks this week at the federal-provincial finance ministers meeting in Ottawa. Which is not surprising. Canada has become a less appealing place to do business due to ...

5. Canada, U.S. trade dispute intensifies need for Trans Mountain expansion

   The ongoing trade dispute between the United States and Canada is raising red flags in the oil patch about Canada’s overdependence on the U.S. market. In particular, the unpredictable and shaky trade relationship between the two countries ...

6. Ontario’s new government should genuinely reform province’s electricity system

   Ontarians opted for change in last week’s provincial election, choosing the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario to form government. Now it’s time for the new government to do what it was elected to do—show leadership on electricity ...

7. Incentives matter for a better economy for Canadians

   Appeared in Maclean's, May 31, 2018 The last week has seen numerous assessments, mostly critical of the federal government’s decision to purchase the Trans Mountain pipeline. And yet, a key aspect of the decision—this government’s dismissive view of ...

8. Trudeau government nationalizes Trans Mountain pipeline project—further proof that Canada is closed for business

   Appeared in the Globe and Mail, May 29, 2018 In a stunning turn in an already unprecedented saga, Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced this morning that the federal government will buy the Trans Mountain pipeline project from Kinder Morgan for $4.5 ...

9. The finance minister said what? Part 3

   This third installment in what has unfortunately become an ongoing series of blog posts examining statements by Canada’s federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau (pictured above) focuses on recent comments made during testimony before the ...

10. Pipeline obstructionism costing Canada billions

    Appeared in the Edmonton Journal, May 8, 2018 The recent decision by Kinder Morgan, one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America, to halt all “non-essential spending” on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion—which would run from ...