Mexico’s energy-sector reforms create opportunity for Canadian producers
After overhauling the country’s energy sector, the Mexican government has given Canadian producers an opportunity to boost their involvement in Mexico’s oil and gas production. Triggered by declining oil production, the reforms were tasked with increasing the competitiveness of Mexico’s energy sector. One reform to break up Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX)—the state-run oil company that […]
To extract, upgrade, or refine oil-sands resources?
The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour is calling for more upgrading and refining capacity in Canada’s resource sector, but not everyone agrees that could be achieved without costs elsewhere in the economy. Alberta Federation of Labour president Gil McGowan told The Hill Times that lawmakers should build capacity in the […]
Overhaul of environmental acts, lack of consultation hurting pipeline proposals: critics
Thanks to its lack of aboriginal engagement and its “gutting” of environmental regulations, say critics, the Harper government has shaken people’s confidence in its ability to oversee any pipeline project. The Conservative government has made clear its priority to find export markets for Canada’s energy resources but some say it has hurt its own […]
Canada-U.S. energy relationship takes a hit, could take more, say experts
The energy trade relationship between Canada and the United States has been dealt a number of blows recently, thanks to the oil and gas production-boom underway in the U.S. and their government’s tougher stand against climate change, and it could be in for more strains, say experts. Alexander Moens, a political scientist at Simon […]
Western cities work to improve energy usage, Vancouver and Victoria lead pack: report
Western Canada’s seven largest cities have been working through a number of challenges to better manage their energy usage, with Vancouver and Victoria taking the lead, according to a report released by the Canada West Foundation in April. The report looked at what Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Regina, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, and Vancouver have been […]
Canada needs an energy policy rethink
It’s time to rethink our national energy strategy because the Conservative approach to resource development is failing Canadians. As Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau said in Calgary last fall, a fundamental role of the Government of Canada is to open up markets abroad for Canadian resources and to help create responsible and sustainable ways to […]
Time for Canada’s North to move on to other means of heating, electrifying our communities
In the Canada’s North a crisis exists in the high cost of imported petroleum. Diesel fuel prices are at near record level, some 400 per cent above the levels of a decade before. Diesel is used extensively across Northern Canada affecting communities, and resource development. Over time, there will be even higher prices to […]
Why Canada needs an energy policy
It is clear that debates dealing with energy choices dominate the news: pipelines—Keystone, Enbridge, Kinder-Morgan, Energy East; oilsands versus tar sands; climate policy and the lack thereof; coal plants and so on. For the most part, these debates are treated as isolated, zero-sum games. You can either have a healthy economy or a healthy […]
NDP has a plan for a prosperous, sustainable energy future
Canada’s natural resources power our economy. As legislators, our challenge is ensuring that we pursue development of our natural resources in ways that are sustainable, while creating jobs for Canadians in a cleaner and more prosperous economy. New Democrats support building a sustainable, balanced and prosperous economy for all Canadians, where economic growth doesn’t […]
Rickford upbeat on energy prospects, despite pipeline hurdles
Bridging the gap between industry and First Nations, diversifying Canada’s energy export markets, and securing public support for major pipeline projects are just a few of the challenges facing new Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford since he took over the file in March. Mr. Rickford (Kenora, Ont.) has struck a different tone when it […]
