Major Canadian cities have shown leadership in building a more co-ordinated approach to attracting foreign investment from places such as China and Europe By Glen Hodgson, senior fellow, Conference Board of Canada Invest in Canada, the new federal [Read more]
Freight transportation is highly competitive, fleet owners focus on length of time for return on investment, 3 years being upper limit Full implementation of existing fuel-saving technologies, combined with accelerated adoption of emerging disruptive technologies [Read more]
Mexico moved away from regulated propane prices towards market-based wholesale prices throughout 2017 The value of Canada’s propane exports to Mexico totaled $204.7 million in 2017, an increase of nearly eight times from the $25.4 million exported [Read more]
Helping China to adapt faster could be Canada’s most important global contribution to the low-carbon transition By Glen Hodgson, senior fellow, Conference Board of Canada Climate change is a global problem—not just a domestic one—requiring [Read more]
Bottlenecks in pipeline capacity, soaring shale oil production in the US eroding Canadian oil producers’ competitiveness With oil prices and production both on the rise, Canada’s oil industry is expected to return to profitability. However, [Read more]
Fisheries and Aquaculture Clean Technology Adoption Program will provide up to $20 million over four years Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, announced over $225,000 in funding from the Fisheries [Read more]
Eastern Canadian refineries process primarily conventional light crude oil Canada has a strong refining industry but processes only a fraction of its own crude oil production, according to the National Energy Board’s (NEB) inaugural Canadian [Read more]
As supplies from Mexico, Venezuela and other competitors wane, Canadian supply increasing share of refining runs in world’s largest heavy oil market Supplies of Canadian oil sands heavy crude are increasingly being refined on the [Read more]
As of March 29, Alberta rig count is 114, down from 208 on March 2 Baker Hughes says the international rig count for March 2018 was 972, down 7 from the 979 counted in Feb. [Read more]
Some media reports suggest Canada, USA, and Mexico very close to signing new NAFTA agreement According to the Conference Board of Canada report, exports rose in Feb. after decreases in Jan. Following two months of growth, [Read more]
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers calling on Federal govt to align environmental policies with other jurisdictions The world’s thirst for energy is on the rise and Canada has an opportunity to meet the growing global [Read more]
California passed zero emission vehicle regulations in 2005 In Oct. 2016 the Quebec government passed the ZEV Act, giving that province the power to require car manufacturers to sell or lease a minimum number of zero-emission [Read more]
Jason Kenney is pushing the panic button about pipelines after industry roasted the Trudeau government’s Bill C69, which sets out a new process for environmental impact assessments of major projects. Rachel Notley’s office says panic [Read more]
Historically, most of Canada’s imported LNG came from Caribbean and Middle East Canada’s only liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility – the Canaport LNG terminal in New Brunswick – was completed in 2009 to supply natural gas to eastern [Read more]
Wataynikaneyap Power Transmission Line Project will connect remote First Nations communities to Ontario power grid, eliminate need for diesel electricity generation One of the most ambitious and transformative infrastructure projects in Canada’s history got the [Read more]
Heavy metals, including mercury and lead, have all decreased by more than 85% since 1990 The recent publication of the 2018 Air Pollutant Emissions Inventory for Canada shows that air pollution is declining, according to [Read more]
“LNG Canada proposal has the potential to earn tens of billions of dollars and create thousands of jobs for British Columbians over the life of the project.” – Horgan The BC NDP government has embraced [Read more]
For third year in a row, Canada’s non-energy merchandise exports are on track to record almost no growth While the Canadian economy was firing on all cylinders in 2017, the pace of growth tapered off [Read more]
As the U.S. has produced more natural gas, pipeline imports from Canada have decreased The United States exported more natural gas than it imported in 2017, marking the first time since 1957 that the United [Read more]
Most Canadian governments have public debt levels today higher than decade ago, though still within manageable range By Glen Hodgson, senior fellow, Canadian Conference Board of Canada The Canadian and U.S. economies are currently performing well, with solid growth [Read more]
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