Natural Resources Canada has evolved into the Department of Oil and Gas
A few decades ago, the department now known as Natural Resources Canada was called Energy, Mines, and Resources. The department had robust analysis and did work on our energy sector, as well as mines, and substantial research and science and policy innovation in forestry. Under Stephen Harper, the slaying of the Canadian Forest Service was […]
Feds need to move on ridding Canadian lumber of U.S. tariffs, helping forest industry
Recently there has been much focus on the challenges facing the oil sector of Canada’s economy, but much less attention has been paid to the serious problems confronting the forestry sector. In 2017, the United States placed significant import tariffs (more than 23 per cent in some cases) on softwood lumber. Those tariffs are still […]
Canada’s natural resources driving the transition to a clean, low-carbon future
To see our country’s future, Canadians need only look to their past. While our country’s natural resource industries have been the historic backbone of our economy, they will also be a key part of our clean-growth future: a future that will see Canada lead the global transition to a low-carbon economy, and a future built […]
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Climate fears are real so the filthy oilsands must close
TORONTO—In Poland, Canada and close to 200 other nations are making a last-ditch effort to save the world from devastating climate change. At home, the Canadian and Albertan governments are trying to salvage an industry that is one of this country’s largest emitters of the greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change. If this sounds […]
Pipeline politics will keep Ottawa, Alberta divided
All is far from well between Rachel Notley’s Alberta government and Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. With the prime minister in the eye of the storm over the failure to get more oil to tidewater, no federal gesture between now and next fall’s election is likely to really lower the temperature between the two capitals. The combination—within […]
Rachel Notley getting the knives out, cutting the ties that bind Alberta NDP to Trudeau Liberals
Rachel Notley went on a good old-fashioned federal government bashing tour of Ottawa and Toronto last week. The premier—a sometimes ally of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau—has figured that given the state of the oil industry in Alberta coupled with a provincial election in the spring, it is time to take the gloves off. Frankly, what […]
Natural Resources Minister Sohi calls oil market access an ‘urgent priority’ as Indigenous consultations continue on Trans Mountain
Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi says the government is focused on “ensuring that every barrel of Alberta oil gets its full value.” In an email Q&A interview with The Hill Times, Mr. Sohi (Edmonton Mill Woods, Alta.) said “we need to look at how can we help today, how can we help next year, and what […]
We need an energy transition that doesn’t leave the workers behind
All leaders today must deal with a major economic reality: the urgency of shifting to a low-carbon future. The length of this policy column can hardly do justice to the range of what must done, but three items come to mind as priorities. Investing in Renewable Energy Production The No. 1 emitter of GHGs […]
Eastern promises: Canada should look to Asia to shift away from a sole export market, say experts
With a rapidly dropping oil price, experts suggest looking across the Pacific Ocean to divest its traditional, north-south oil trading route, but the delay in pipeline construction inhibits Canada’s oil and natural gas reaching B.C.’s coast. A backlog of oil is the result of low pipeline capacity, creating a lot of supply and driving down […]
