Reading Time: 3 minutes B.C.’s government seems intent on crippling the Canadian economy and tearing apart inter-provincial relations
Author: Ken Green
Is Ottawa really committed to new resource development?
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s doubtful. Its plan to “improve” the NEB actually makes it more difficult and costly for business to navigate
Digging into mining investment growth
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mining investors will flock to jurisdictions that have attractive policies, and capital will follow, along with the ancillary benefits of jobs and tax revenue
Canada paying the price for pipeline intransigence
Reading Time: 3 minutes Increasingly, the U.S. will compete with Canada for oil export markets, while more of its domestic needs are met by its own producers
The urban squeeze myth laid bare
Reading Time: 3 minutes Concerns about density are misplaced – Toronto and Vancouver have plenty of room to grow up and grow more affordable
Alberta’s carbon policies damage province’s competitiveness
Reading Time: 3 minutes The province already lags behind many American states in key policy areas, including regulatory compliance and taxation
Investor confidence in Alberta’s oil and gas industry needs a boost
Reading Time: 3 minutes Continued pipeline construction obstruction and regulatory uncertainty are leaving investors skittish about Alberta’s oil and gas industry
Investor confidence plummets for B.C. energy sector
Reading Time: 3 minutes Tanker moratoriums, LNG plant cancellations, fracking reviews, government pipeline obstructionism are all taking their toll
Keystone XL approval errs on side of safety
Reading Time: 3 minutes One spill is too many but pipelines are much safer than rail for transporting oil
Attacks on hydraulic fracturing in B.C. defy settled science
Reading Time: 3 minutes A public inquiry will simply play into the hands of those who oppose energy production in B.C., depriving the province of significant economic benefits