Resource Jobs Are Sustaining Canada’s Middle Class. Period – Globe And Mail Op-ed
Opinions on pipelines are flowing around Canada more quickly than the oil. The ultimate decisions on natural resource projects, however, ought to derive from facts. As an economist studying income inequality over the last 15 years, I can offer a key fact to the debate. In my view, nothing has contributed more than natural resources to buttressing the Canadian middle class against the rapidly changing global economy of the 21st century.
The importance of resources to middle-class incomes is most clearly seen by looking at a simple measure: the earnings of the middle worker in the economy (the median). Between 2000 and 2015, Canadian median earnings rose by just 6 per cent after inflation, or less than half a per cent a…
Bernard and Kichian – The Effects of the B.C. Carbon Tax on Diesel Demand
From: Jean-Thomas Bernard and Maral Kichian To: Canada’s Energy Policymakers Date: March 7, 2018 Re: The Effects of the B.C. Carbon Tax on Diesel Demand By signing the Paris agreement on climate change three years ago, Canada committed to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission to 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. To reach this target, the pricing of […] Blake Shaffer – To Change Or Not To Change? The Daylight Savings Debate Won’t Die
From: Blake Shaffer To: Clock-Switching Canadians Date: March 6, 2018 Re: To Change or not to Change? The Daylight Savings Debate Won’t Die Like clockwork, twice a year most of Canada — except for Saskatchewan and other enlightened and independent-minded locales — shift the clocks forward and back one hour. Also like clockwork, Canadians revisit the debate over the […] Branko Bošković – Bold Steps To Save Alberta’s Caribou
To: Shannon Phillips, Alberta Minister of Environment and Parks From: Branko Bošković Date: February 27, 2018 Re: Bold Steps to Save Alberta’s Caribou Woodland caribou have been listed as threatened or endangered in Alberta for more than 30 years. During this time, the provincial caribou population has fallen from nearly 8,000 to perhaps 2,000 today and is at serious […] David Popp – Clean Technology Investment Begins with a Price on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
To: Governments looking to scrap prices on greenhouse gas emissions Re: Clean Technology Investment Begins with a Price on Greenhouse Gas Emissions From: David Popp Date: February 20, 2018 Governments across Canada are making support for low-greenhouse gas energy technology a top priority. Canada is among the group of 23 nations participating in Mission Innovation: […] Lesley Matthews – How the Federal Government Plans to Restore Public Trust and Credibility at the National Energy Board
From: Lesley Matthews To: Concerned Canadians Date: February 9, 2018 Re: How the Federal Government Plans to Restore Public Trust and Credibility at the National Energy Board In a flurry of press conferences and technical briefings this week, the federal government took its long-awaited broom to the Fisheries Act, the Navigation Protection Act, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, […] Getting to the heart of the Western energy debate – Globe and Mail Op-Ed
The federal government announced sweeping new legislation on Thursday that will govern how it will consider major energy projects. Exactly how the new legislation will affect the sector will become apparent as parliamentarians, energy companies and the public dissect and debate it. No matter what, the legislation is a step forward in the long-simmering debate over how to review a major interprovincial pipeline application. The announcement addresses the problem that has had the largest cost on the competitiveness of Canada’s energy sector.
One after another, government policies are piling on to affect the competitiveness of energy producers in Western Canada. Much attention has been paid to carbon taxes, but a lack of market…
Fenner Stewart – Oil Well Reclamation and the Redwater Decision
From: Fenner Stewart To: The Honourable Mr. Justice Clément Gascon CC: Concerned Albertans Date: February 07, 2018 Re: Oil Well Reclamation and the Redwater Decision Next week, you and other justices of the Supreme Court of Canada will begin hearing arguments in the Redwater case. Earlier rulings in this case struck down a central pillar […] Death by a Thousand Cuts? Western Canada’s Oil and Natural Gas Policy Competitiveness Scorecard
Government policies are piling on to reduce the competitiveness of energy producers in Western Canada, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In the first edition of the annual policy report card for the energy sector, “Death by a Thousand Cuts? Western Canada’s Oil and Natural Gas Policy Competitiveness Scorecard,” author Benjamin Dachis […] Kasumu, Jordaan, Li, Coleman, Liendo – The Greenhouse Gas Implications of Exporting LNG from B.C.
From: Adebola S. Kasumu, Sarah M Jordaan, Vivian Li, James W. Coleman, Jeanne Liendo To: John Horgan, Premier of British Columbia Date: January 30, 2018 Re: The Greenhouse Gas Implications of Exporting LNG from B.C. You’ve been off to Asia touting the benefits of B.C.’s liquefied natural gas (LNG). Back at home, some are questioning the environmental benefits […] Benjamin Dachis – Keep Clean Fuel Standard in Low Gear
To: The Hon. Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change From: Benjamin Dachis Date: January 18, 2018 Re: Keep Clean Fuel Standard in Low Gear In 2016, you announced plans to introduce a Clean Fuel Standard (CFS). Before going full-speed with regulations, it is worth pausing to remember that a CFS should, at most, […] Blake Shaffer – Alberta’s Renewable Auction Sets A New Low For Prices, But Tweaks Are Needed In The Future
To: Concerned Albertans From: Blake Shaffer Date: December 14, 2017 Re: Alberta’s Renewable Auction Sets a New Low for Prices, but Tweaks Are Needed in the Future The results are in, and the price is… low. At $37 per megawatt-hour, Alberta joins the trend of global renewable auctions delivering power at a fraction of the […]