Vancouver opponents won’t forget about Trans Mountain, Liberals have the right message, Tory votes might be available “How are the [BC Trans Mountain Expansion] protesters going to keep this issue alive when the next election is [Read more]
Justin Trudeau will try charm, but if anti-Trans Mountain protests escalate, Vancouver well see another side of Prime Minister Tuesday afternoon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau green lighted two pipeline projects, but Canadians are talking about [Read more]
Opening up the environmental review process risks having process hijacked by eco-activists Canadians lack confidence in the National Energy Board (NEB) – an assertion by eco-activist pipeline opponents which has been accepted unconditionally by the Trudeau [Read more]
Trudeau Liberals will appeal to moderate Metro Vancouver voters, tout climate policies to gain support for Trans Mountain pipeline construction A new poll suggests British Columbians are staunchly opposed to the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline [Read more]
What are Trudeau’s plans for industry side of West Coast oil spill response? The Canadian Government announced a $1.5 billion marine safety upgrade Monday and West Coast eco-activists were quick to complain the new plan [Read more]
Polling response demonstrates once again that eco-activists and industry boosters are out of step with average Canadians What does social license for Canadian pipelines look like? If you’re Justin Trudeau, probably a lot like the [Read more]
Canada can’t buck international trend to mitigate climate change, plenty of evidence carbon taxes do work, plenty of evidence carbon capture doesn’t work The emerging Canadian anti-carbon tax champion is Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, who [Read more]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau widely expected to approve Kinder Morgan project to West Coast in mid-Dec. Rachel Notley’s “pipeline for carbon tax support” demand could mean one of two things: either the fix is in [Read more]
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government is scrapping years’ worth of Harper-era strategy on getting pipeline deals done. Will it work? Published in Canadian Business by Markham Hislop When Justin Trudeau’s Liberals won an unexpected majority government [Read more]
Kevin O’Leary proposal for a national referendum on pipelines impractical, impossible, inefficient and just plain dumb A national referendum on pipelines? If Kevin O’Leary pitched this ridiculous idea to his old reality show, CBC’s the Dragon Den, [Read more]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must set up a government-led process to address “soft” pipeline review concerns and get them out of the NEB review Is the National Energy Board review of the Energy East pipeline [Read more]
Trudeau government was always going to approve the Kinder Morgan pipeline project Kai Nagata of BC’s Dogwood Initiative is dismayed by the ” slapdash” three-person panel reviewing the Kinder Morgan pipeline panel, and even hints that [Read more]
Industry has already said it would reduce carbon intensity of oil sands crude, build partnerships with First Nations – Trudeau wants action On Thursday, the Trudeau Government introduced new rules governing pipeline environmental assessments. The [Read more]
Canadian oil sands producers pledged to reduce GHG emissions, Alberta introduces strict new climate policies. What has Nigeria done to earn favored status? Now that President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are buds, [Read more]
“[T]here are families suffering, out of work, who need to be supported, and inflammatory rhetoric doesn’t necessarily help those families or help Canada” – Trudeau to DiCaprio Well, that must have been awkward. After years of [Read more]
With Wynne and Trudeau onboard, only Quebec remains as a potential political obstacle to Energy East Rachel Notley had a good day Friday. In the morning, Ont. Premier Kathleen Wynne backed the Energy East project. [Read more]
Canada did not become an energy superpower. Instead, it is what it has always been: a dependent supplier to the American behemoth Last Sunday, four Big Oil CEOs in expensive suits stood behind Alberta Premier [Read more]
Aggressive climate strategy gives Alberta – and Notley – leverage to cut political deals with Obama, Eastern premiers The National Post’s Jen Gerson, echoing far too many Albertans, says the province’s new climate strategy is just an [Read more]
Justin and Barack hit it off over climate change objectives. Will Canada now get a new oil sands pipeline? Judging by the sidebar meeting between President Obama and new Prime Minister Trudeau at the APEC [Read more]
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