Advocacy & Opinion
Why the Petroleum Hall of Fame needs to meet the Energy Futures Lab
Thursday, November 8, 2018, 7:12 AM MST
This is a tale of two energy industry non-profits – both doing good things for the sector.At first blush, it…
There’s light at the end of the pipeline for Canadian oil producers: Forrest
Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 6:07 PM MDT
Western Canada has the cheapest oil prices in the world. Canadian heavy oil is selling for US$45 under WTI, and…
Trudeau's wrong-headed approach to climate change: Gwyn Morgan
Wednesday, October 31, 2018, 7:02 AM MDT
With polls showing the Liberals in a tight contest with the Conservatives, the Trudeau government needed to find a defining…
Trans Mountain Expansion in for hopeless consultations and useless studies: Gwyn Morgan
Thursday, October 11, 2018, 7:13 AM MDT
For the second time in two years, three judges with the Federal Court of Appeal struck down a crucially important…
Questions answered, answers questioned in LNG Canada decision
Thursday, October 4, 2018, 7:07 AM MDT
This much is clear: the formal Final Investment Decision of the LNG Canada megaproject is an extraordinary opportunity for Northern…
China's energy market: My view from the bullet train
Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 5:25 PM MDT
What happens in China has consequences for global energy markets. That’s why I was excited to journey to the Asian…
Paying three times on Trans Mountain. What else would you expect?
Monday, September 24, 2018, 2:50 PM MDT
How do you like paying for the same thing three times?Because that’s what we’re doing, if this Trans Mountain Expansion…
Indigenous support for BC LNG provides a working model for resource agreements
Thursday, September 13, 2018, 7:15 AM MDT
The division and acrimony among some First Nation communities over the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project can mask the many…
Trans Mountain verdict not the whole truth
Saturday, September 8, 2018, 10:17 AM MDT
No doubt the lesson was unintended, but the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal taught pearls of wisdom about itself with…
'8,000 jobs disappeared this morning, and one of them was mine'
Saturday, September 1, 2018, 5:40 PM MDT
In the aftermath of the Federal Court of Appeal’s horrendous decision to stop work on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project,…
Trudeau and taxpayers take it on the nose in Trans Mountain fight
Thursday, August 30, 2018, 2:55 PM MDT
Last week was Donald Trump’s nightmare, what with his major aides flipping on him. This week is Justin Trudeau’s, what…
Liability strategies reinforce regulator's protection of the ‘public interest’
Thursday, August 23, 2018, 5:30 PM MDT
The old axiom “...the more things change; the more they stay the same” exists for very good reason. Consider that…
