This article was originally published in The Globe and Mail. Canada Day is a time to enjoy our great outdoors and for reflection. While there is plenty for the country to worry about this year, there is also room for optimism. The worries are well known: Uncertainty around the USMCA free-trade agreement, sluggish economic growth, […]
This article was originally published in The Globe and Mail. In the 1980s, Saudi Arabia built the 1,200-kilometre East–West Pipeline to ship crude westward to the Red Sea, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz. Until recently, some people might have questioned the purpose of the long underutilized pipeline, when the strait was a perfectly fine export route. […]
This article was originally published in The Globe and Mail. During Prime Minister Mark Carney’s July Stampede visit to Alberta, he said a new oil pipeline to B.C.’s coast will likely be declared a national priority. Still, some Canadians are asking: Why build another pipeline to the West Coast? Don’t we already have enough? It’s […]
Slashing Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions to 40 per cent to 45 per cent below 2005 levels by 2030 and reaching net zero by 2050 is no small endeavour. Think long electricity transmission lines, carbon pipelines, hydrogen facilities and new critical mineral mines. The green shift will require hundreds of billions of dollars in new investments […]
