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Heather Exner-Pirot

Heather Exner-Pirot is a senior policy analyst at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

Sometimes the resource roller-coaster is a great ride

  • Every generation, energy and resource busts turn to booms, and what a gift Canada’s resource endowment then becomes.
Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | February 25, 2026
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson has to carry the prime minister’s message that Canada is an energy superpower that has what the world needs, writes Heather Exner-Pirot. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Sometimes the resource roller-coaster is a great ride

Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | February 25, 2026
  • Every generation, energy and resource busts turn to booms, and what a gift Canada’s resource endowment then becomes.

Sometimes the resource roller-coaster is a great ride

Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | February 25, 2026
  • Every generation, energy and resource busts turn to booms, and what a gift Canada’s resource endowment then becomes.
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson has to carry the prime minister’s message that Canada is an energy superpower that has what the world needs, writes Heather Exner-Pirot. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada should be a mining superpower, too

  • Being a mining superpower isn’t just about mining the most. It’s also about having the ability to supply the material needs of our allies
Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | June 16, 2025
Amongst NATO’s list of defence-critical raw materials, Canada is well positioned to fill almost all of them, in particular aluminum, cobalt, germanium, gallium, tungsten, titanium, graphite, platinum, and some rare earths, writes Heather Exner-Pirot, director of energy, natural resources and environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Photograph courtesy of Deyler Rivera Segura, Pexels.com

Canada should be a mining superpower, too

Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | June 16, 2025
  • Being a mining superpower isn’t just about mining the most. It’s also about having the ability to supply the material needs of our allies

Canada should be a mining superpower, too

Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | June 16, 2025
  • Being a mining superpower isn’t just about mining the most. It’s also about having the ability to supply the material needs of our allies
Amongst NATO’s list of defence-critical raw materials, Canada is well positioned to fill almost all of them, in particular aluminum, cobalt, germanium, gallium, tungsten, titanium, graphite, platinum, and some rare earths, writes Heather Exner-Pirot, director of energy, natural resources and environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Photograph courtesy of Deyler Rivera Segura, Pexels.com

Will Canada’s new Arctic foreign policy be worth the wait?

  • Canada’s Arctic foreign policy must be about expanding our role in the region. It should signal to our allies and adversaries alike that we
Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | December 2, 2024
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is preparing an Arctic foreign policy, in consultation with Indigenous partners, territorial governments and Arctic allies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Will Canada’s new Arctic foreign policy be worth the wait?

Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | December 2, 2024
  • Canada’s Arctic foreign policy must be about expanding our role in the region. It should signal to our allies and adversaries alike that we

Will Canada’s new Arctic foreign policy be worth the wait?

Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | December 2, 2024
  • Canada’s Arctic foreign policy must be about expanding our role in the region. It should signal to our allies and adversaries alike that we
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is preparing an Arctic foreign policy, in consultation with Indigenous partners, territorial governments and Arctic allies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Energy affordability about to become a political risk in Canada

  • This past month, millions of Canadians received the highest energy bills of their lives. The culprit? An unusually cold December across Western Canada, high
Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | January 27, 2022
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured in Ottawa Oct. 27, 2021, with his staffers James Hutching and Ian Cameron. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Energy affordability about to become a political risk in Canada

Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | January 27, 2022
  • This past month, millions of Canadians received the highest energy bills of their lives. The culprit? An unusually cold December across Western Canada, high

Energy affordability about to become a political risk in Canada

Opinion | BY HEATHER EXNER-PIROT | January 27, 2022
  • This past month, millions of Canadians received the highest energy bills of their lives. The culprit? An unusually cold December across Western Canada, high
Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured in Ottawa Oct. 27, 2021, with his staffers James Hutching and Ian Cameron. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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