Rebel News argues that a federal oil export tax would threaten Alberta investment. But economist Ed Hirs and U.S. government data show the cost would be shared among Canadian producers, American refiners and consumers — and some U.S. regions have few alternatives to Canadian crude. [Read more]
A new U.S.-Venezuela oil agreement could reshape heavy-crude competition by giving Washington a direct interest in Venezuelan production and preferential access to some of the barrels. [Read more]
Robert Pape argues Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada are part of a consistent punishment strategy driven by MAGA domestic politics, not conventional trade economics. [Read more]
Political scientist Duane Bratt says Alberta’s oil-heavy economy has insulated it from Trump’s tariffs, while the trade war is testing Danielle Smith’s U.S. strategy and Alberta separatism. [Read more]
Thomas Lukaszuk says Alberta should stop shielding oil and gas from Canada’s response to Donald Trump and cancel the October 19 referendum in the name of national unity. [Read more]
Alberta’s oil sands were not simply discovered and developed. Jeremy Schmidt argues that government science, geoscience, technology and water governance helped create the modern petroleum economy — and shaped how Alberta thinks about land and energy. [Read more]
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Charlie Angus says Canada’s tariff fight with Donald Trump has become a sovereignty battle—and warns Ottawa may be in for a prolonged confrontation with Washington. [Read more]
The prolonged Hormuz crisis may be doing more than temporarily suppressing oil consumption. DNV warns that sustained high prices could accelerate electric vehicle adoption and produce permanent oil demand destruction — much as the oil shocks of the 1970s permanently reshaped global energy consumption. [Read more]
By Bob Weber Oil, pipelines and grievance – to non-Albertans, that may sound like all the province ever talks about. A disruptive presence in the locker room of Confederation, a whining first-liner who’d rather muse [Read more]
The collapse of Canada-US trade negotiations was about more than tariffs. Washington’s last-minute demands sought influence over Canada’s trade, resources, industries and domestic laws—and closely matched the Trump administration’s blueprint for dominance in the Western Hemisphere. [Read more]
Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended Canada-US trade talks after Washington changed its demands at the last minute. Ottawa will retaliate against new 50 per cent tariffs on $28 billion worth of Canadian goods. [Read more]
A new IISD report on China, Indonesia and Morocco shows that successful battery industrial policy depends on coordinated support for manufacturing, demand, infrastructure, skills and long-term investment. [Read more]
Axiom Cloud CEO Amrit Robbins says AI can turn existing refrigeration-system data into lower energy costs, fewer equipment failures and earlier detection of refrigerant leaks. [Read more]
Trans Mountain’s proposed toll settlement would cut contracted shipping charges by about 10 per cent, sharpening questions about how much of the $34.5-billion expansion Canadian taxpayers will ultimately recover. [Read more]
Battery deployment is beginning to extend solar generation beyond daylight hours. Ember estimates 2026 additions could theoretically shift 34 per cent of new daily solar generation into the evening. [Read more]
euters energy columnist Gavin Maguire says Chinese EVs and grid technology are spreading across developed and emerging markets as consumers seek cheaper, more secure energy — a trend with long-term implications for gasoline and diesel demand. [Read more]
Abishur Prakash says the Iran war is accelerating a shift toward rival defence blocs, new energy corridors and a global system in which the United States can no longer call the shots for everyone. [Read more]
U.S. President Donald Trump has postponed threatened 50 per cent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods for three days as Ottawa and Washington negotiate a deal, while unexpectedly raising the prospect of reviving the [Read more]
Donald Trump did not create Trumpism. He gave it a face. That is the central argument of Donald Kettl’s The Right-Wing Idea Factory, and it changes how we should understand the political crisis now unfolding in [Read more]
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