Haida Nation and Gitga’at Nation will host pilot projects beginning in fall 2018 As part of the $1.5 billion Oceans Protection Plan, the Canadian government is launching pilot projects for the Enhanced Maritime Situational Awareness initiative that [Read more]
Cooling in Canadian growth comes at time of risks to economy from U.S. trade and tax policy The Conference Board of Canada’s Chief Economist Craig Alexander believes the Canadian economic growth cooled off in the [Read more]
CAPP should focus on helping solve Canadian oil/gas industry’s biggest problem: lack of pipeline capacity On Monday, Canadian Big Oil released the first of seven “economic reports” outlining industry’s public policy issues and its “four-part [Read more]
“Canada has a unique opportunity to leverage its AI moment globally to shape AI’s future” By Danielle Goldfarb, Senior Fellow Global Commerce Centre, and Candice Faktor, Founder, Faktory Ventures In Jan. 2018, both Microsoft’s and Alibaba’s deep-learning software did better [Read more]
Charging a price on emissions ensures we appropriately weigh costs and benefits. According to Trevor Tombe, one can argue for high or low carbon taxes, but that is where the debate should be. The price [Read more]
The real consequence of a shortage of Canadian pipelines may be the impact on investor confidence, and that value may never be known. Trans Mountain photo. Pipelines are running near capacity as output grows By [Read more]
Largest number of installed heat pumps are in Ontario and Quebec Heat pumps are a highly efficient technology that extract heat from one place and transfer it to another, heating or cooling buildings and industrial processes. More [Read more]
Sooner governments allow for additional pipeline capacity to be built, all of Canada will be better off A recent report from Scotiabank economists show that the lack of crude oil pipelines is costing Canada $10.8 [Read more]
The federal government’s announcement of new legislation for consideration of energy projects addresses competitiveness of the Canadian energy sector. This article was released by the C.D. Howe Institute and posted in the Globe and Mail [Read more]
New structure separates environmental assessments and energy infrastructure regulation Jim Carr, the Canadian minister of natural resources, was in Calgary Thursday to announce that the federal government is changing the way major resource projects, such [Read more]
End to NAFTA would be a major blow to Mexico and its economy could slip into a severe recession Following a solid increase of 3.2 per cent last year, real GDP in the global economy [Read more]
Jim Carr states unequivocally Canada’s support for Trans Mountain Expansion project, but Alberta consumed with Notley wine ban The wailing and gnashing of teeth in Alberta can be heard across the Rockies at Kinder Morgan’s [Read more]
Is it time for Canada to take over complete oversight of Trans Mountain Expansion, including having the RCMP enforce federal decisions? If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had any illusions that BC Premier John Horgan might [Read more]
70% of Trinidad revenue generated by operations outside Canada Trinidad Drilling Ltd. has announced it’s moving eight rigs to the Permian Basin, TX to meet increased customer demand, according to a press release. The rigs [Read more]
Waterloo University creates breakthrough battery composition using manganese sheets USA News Group – Further demand for high grade, high purity manganese may be driven by new technology thanks to breakthroughs like the new discovery by researchers that [Read more]
Climate, resource extraction, large transportation sector contribute to high oil consumption Canada is the third largest consumer of oil per person among the world’s most economically advanced countries (the OECD), according to the National Energy Board. [Read more]
Ontario NOVA chemical plant NOVA Chemicals project will help create and maintain 2,200 jobs in Ontario and Alberta NOVA Chemicals announced a $2.2 billion investment in Canada with innovative and cleaner products that will help [Read more]
Penalizing Canadian, Mexican trade penalizes US trade and would lead to US job loss By Kristelle Audet, Danielle Goldfarb, Brent Dowdall, Conference Board of Canada Feverish speculation grew earlier this month that U.S. President Donald Trump will soon [Read more]
Economic growth fuels business confidence and investment intentions in Canada Higher-than-expected economic growth in 2017 will fuel Canadian business confidence in 2018, leading to a jump in planned investments by small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs), says a new study. The [Read more]
Fully recharging battery can take 4 to 8 hours with basic charging stations Canada has a small but growing fleet of electric vehicles (EVs). EV sales are accelerating, but still account for less than 1 per cent of [Read more]
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