To: Canada’s natural resource sector From: Grant Bishop Date: June 26, 2019 Re: Political risks still loom for major projects after Bill C-69 becomes law Bill C-69, the federal government’s legislation to revamp the assessments for major projects as well as overhaul the National Energy Board, received royal assent last Friday. This followed the Senate’s 57 – 37 […]
After significant amendments from the Senate, Bill C-69 is coming back to the House for third reading. The original bill would have created significant uncertainties for the energy sector by allowing Cabinet to intervene in the independent review process of any future resource project. The Institute’s Associate Director of Research, Grant Bishop and host Michael […]
To: Canadians concerned about innovation From: Eric Miller Date: May 27, 2019 Re: Branching out in Forestry Canada’s forest products industry is facing barriers to growth that require innovation, new trade markets and supportive government policies to overcome. In my new C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, I examine how the sector is responding to its challenges and recommend policies that […]
From: Kristen van de Biezenbos To: Canadians concerned about pipelines Date: May 22, 2019 Re: Courtrooms still loom for Keystone XL Late last month, President Donald Trump issued a new permit via executive order to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, side-stepping a federal court ruling that his first approval was flawed. To briefly recap, Keystone XL has […]
To: Senator Rosa Galvez, Chair of Senate Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources From: Grant Bishop Date: May 16, 2019 Re: Senate must overhaul or reject Bill C-69 In its session today, the Senate Standing Committee on Energy, Environment and Resources must decide on amendments to Bill C-69, the legislation revamping federal assessment of major projects. […]
May 14, 2019 – Canada’s forest products industry is facing barriers to growth that require innovation, new trade markets and supportive government policies to overcome, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In Branching Out: How Canada’s Forestry Products Sector is Reshaping its Future, author Eric Miller examines how the sector is […]
To: The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change; and the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice From: Grant Bishop Date: May 6, 2019 Re: Ottawa’s carbon-price backstop is not out of the constitutional woods On Friday, a three-to-two majority of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal upheld the constitutionality of the federal carbon pricing backstop. However, any […]
April 23, 2019 – New federal government carbon pricing regulations for electricity generators will reduce the average carbon cost for coal plants, while decreasing incentives for cleaner wind, solar and hydro projects, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. As phase two of the carbon-pricing “backstop”, originally enacted in 2018 under the Greenhouse […]
From: Brian Livingston To: Concerned Albertans Date: April 4, 2019 Re: Alberta can boost revenues from crude production by giving financial assistance for rail transport Curtailment of heavy oil production and shipment by rail have been in the news recently, and the link between them bears examination as the Alberta government and industry decide on […]
From: Fenner Stewart To: The Hon. Margaret McCuaig-Boyd, Alberta Minister of Energy Date: March 28, 2019 Re: Supreme Court Redwater Decision was the Right Result but does not Solve Alberta’s Orphan Well Problem The Orphan Well Association v. Grant Thornton (the so-called Redwater) case considered whether Alberta’s mechanism for funding oil and gas well reclamation […]
Tracking and reducing methane emissions from oil and gas operations needs an innovative approach, according to new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Measuring and Managing the Unknown: Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Value Chain” authors Sarah Marie Jordaan and Kate Konschnik highlight the growing pressure on industry and policymakers to address […]
From:Â Â A.J. Goulding To:Â Provincial Ministers of Energy Date:Â March 4, 2019 Re:Â Sunk Costs Are Dragging Canadian Electricity Ratepayers Underwater Cost-overruns at several large-scale hydro projects in Canada raise questions about the economic viability of continuing construction to completion. As discussed in the C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, government decisions to make such large investments in hydroelectric generating […]
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To: Canada’s natural resource sector From: Grant Bishop Date: June 26, 2019 Re: Political risks still loom for major projects after Bill C-69 becomes law Bill C-69, the federal government’s legislation to revamp the assessments for major projects as well as overhaul the National Energy Board, received royal assent last Friday. This followed the Senate’s 57 – 37 […] 
After significant amendments from the Senate, Bill C-69 is coming back to the House for third reading. The original bill would have created significant uncertainties for the energy sector by allowing Cabinet to intervene in the independent review process of any future resource project. The Institute’s Associate Director of Research, Grant Bishop and host Michael […] 
To: Canadians concerned about innovation From: Eric Miller Date: May 27, 2019 Re: Branching out in Forestry Canada’s forest products industry is facing barriers to growth that require innovation, new trade markets and supportive government policies to overcome. In my new C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, I examine how the sector is responding to its challenges and recommend policies that […] 
From: Kristen van de Biezenbos To: Canadians concerned about pipelines Date: May 22, 2019 Re: Courtrooms still loom for Keystone XL Late last month, President Donald Trump issued a new permit via executive order to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, side-stepping a federal court ruling that his first approval was flawed. To briefly recap, Keystone XL has […] 
To: Senator Rosa Galvez, Chair of Senate Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources From: Grant Bishop Date: May 16, 2019 Re: Senate must overhaul or reject Bill C-69 In its session today, the Senate Standing Committee on Energy, Environment and Resources must decide on amendments to Bill C-69, the legislation revamping federal assessment of major projects. […] 
May 14, 2019 – Canada’s forest products industry is facing barriers to growth that require innovation, new trade markets and supportive government policies to overcome, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In Branching Out: How Canada’s Forestry Products Sector is Reshaping its Future, author Eric Miller examines how the sector is […] 
To: The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change; and the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice From: Grant Bishop Date: May 6, 2019 Re: Ottawa’s carbon-price backstop is not out of the constitutional woods On Friday, a three-to-two majority of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal upheld the constitutionality of the federal carbon pricing backstop. However, any […] 
April 23, 2019 – New federal government carbon pricing regulations for electricity generators will reduce the average carbon cost for coal plants, while decreasing incentives for cleaner wind, solar and hydro projects, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. As phase two of the carbon-pricing “backstop”, originally enacted in 2018 under the Greenhouse […] 
From: Brian Livingston To: Concerned Albertans Date: April 4, 2019 Re: Alberta can boost revenues from crude production by giving financial assistance for rail transport Curtailment of heavy oil production and shipment by rail have been in the news recently, and the link between them bears examination as the Alberta government and industry decide on […] 
From: Fenner Stewart To: The Hon. Margaret McCuaig-Boyd, Alberta Minister of Energy Date: March 28, 2019 Re: Supreme Court Redwater Decision was the Right Result but does not Solve Alberta’s Orphan Well Problem The Orphan Well Association v. Grant Thornton (the so-called Redwater) case considered whether Alberta’s mechanism for funding oil and gas well reclamation […] 
Tracking and reducing methane emissions from oil and gas operations needs an innovative approach, according to new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Measuring and Managing the Unknown: Methane Emissions from the Oil and Gas Value Chain” authors Sarah Marie Jordaan and Kate Konschnik highlight the growing pressure on industry and policymakers to address […] 
From:Â Â A.J. Goulding To:Â Provincial Ministers of Energy Date:Â March 4, 2019 Re:Â Sunk Costs Are Dragging Canadian Electricity Ratepayers Underwater Cost-overruns at several large-scale hydro projects in Canada raise questions about the economic viability of continuing construction to completion. As discussed in the C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, government decisions to make such large investments in hydroelectric generating […]