Federal Clean Fuel Standard is all smoke and mirrors
Reading Time: 4 minutes As proposed, the CFS will do little to reduce GHG emissions, will hike the cost of…
Canada’s economic revival requires broad strategy
Reading Time: 3 minutes A narrow focus on the green/clean sector won’t get the job done. The sector is too…
Canadian economy will stall in 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutes The next two years will probably bring feeble increases in GDP, in line with 2019’s uninspiring…
Sluggish investment threatens Canada’s prosperity
Reading Time: 3 minutes The only way to raise living standards and incomes for Canadians is by building a more…
Clean/green movement won’t transform the economy quickly
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are formidable technical and economic obstacles to replacing fossil fuels with other forms of energy
Canada well placed to meet world’s growing energy demands
Reading Time: 4 minutes Compared to most other major oil and gas exporting nations, Canada clearly ranks as a responsible…
B.C. won’t be able to quit fossil fuels any time soon
Reading Time: 4 minutes The results of greater energy efficiency will materialize over the long term, even if politicians seek…
Canadian governments addicted to personal income tax
Reading Time: 3 minutes We need a retooled and simplified tax system that’s suited to a 21st-century economy being reshaped…
The high-stakes international oil game that Canada’s losing
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada’s energy wealth risks being stranded while the U.S. boosts its position as a global oil…
Metro Vancouver has too few head offices and related jobs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Headquarters are powerful economic drivers and key factors in creating and sustaining high-wage employment