An overwhelming majority of Canadians, 79%, want to build pipelines across this country.
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Heather Exner-Pirot
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Heather Exner-Pirot
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Arctic/northern/Indigenous/rural/resource development. Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment @MLInstitute and Special Adviser @BizCouncilofCan
- Tariffs on Canada and Keystone on the same day. Very stable genius.
- I've been waiting for this tough talk from Smith, throwing shade at the "quickly declining oil & gas reserves" in the US, pointing out Canada's "significantly larger" resource, and saying there's no way for the US to approach energy dominance without Canada - "it is just a fact".
00:00 - Canada to open Greenland consulate after Trump’s push to acquire island This move has been advocated for years and was announced a year ago, but the additional moral support to our friends in Greenland comes at a particularly good time
- Although dairy operations in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba are more than twice as large as those in Quebec, the government restricts milk production in the three western provinces to 16% of total domestic production, whereas Quebec accounts for 37%. macdonaldlaurier.ca/quebecs-dairy-…
- Think tariffs are harmful? Per @nationalbank Canada's interprovincial trade barriers are equivalent to a 21% tariff. Removing them could raise Canadian GDP per capita by 3.8%. Let's demand our leaders fix this. nbc.ca/content/dam/bn…
- “‘Canada absolutely has potential to be a global superpower,’ added Papic. But the nation has lacked the visionary leadership and policy framework to capitalise on its advantages.” Nice piece from @FT Unlocking Canada’s superpower potential on.ft.com/4282sL0
- RBC CEO: "The world wants what Canada can provide in great abundance. Canada can feed and fuel the growing world. To do this, Canada must build a more resilient economy that leverages its strengths...Getting energy and infrastructure projects approved more quickly."
- CBC really needs to stop quoting Green party leaders and UBC profs on the economics of oil and gas projects. There are thousands of people more qualified to discuss the business case for BC LNG. They quote two ideological critics and none from industry.
- Enbridge CEO on a new Canadian export pipeline: “So the issue is not one of there being a proponent. The issue is one of government policy setting the conditions for that to get investment to occur. Let’s be honest, the government has not done that yet, and it’s not clear theyEnbridge sees strong demand in U.S., hurdles in Canada financialpost.com/business/energ…
- Ontario electricity rates are going up 29% next month. Just some of it will be hidden by subsidies that the Ontario taxpayer pays instead of the Ontario ratepayer. Our failure to build energy infrastructure has consequences.Electricity rates for households are increasing by nearly 30% starting next month, hidden behind increasing taxpayer-funded subsidies now covering nearly 25% of hydro bills oeb.ca/sites/default/… #onpoli
- Eby just setting a bonfire to his credibility this weekLet’s be clear about what Alberta is proposing: BC loses billions of dollars of major projects from private investors. AND Canadian taxpayers are forced to pay billions more because there is no interest from a private company. That’s not fair & fairness is a Canadian value.
00:00 - Don Drummond, a former high-ranking executive at Finance and chief economist at TD, said the Trudeau years left the Canadian economy in “terrible shape” and it doesn’t look so far like his successors have the courage to take the bold steps that are needed.
- Here’s Carney, speaking in Europe, about potential LNG projects and timelines. “That’s not my decision.” I was promised we would be a conventional energy superpower.
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