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Pipeline Stimulus
Comparing the benefits for the Canadian economy of private projects like pipelines versus public infrastructure spending.
4-minute read
Albertans in for a shock over power plans
The potential impact of various proposed energy policies on consumers and taxpayers in Alberta.
4-minute read
Will Politicians Or Experts Win Ontario’s Cap-And-Trade Battle?
The politics of cap-and-trade.
4-minute read
Consommation de pétrole : le gouvernement plus ambitieux qu’Équiterre
The cost of a reduction in our oil consumption.
5-minute read
Quand nos gouvernements imitent les mauvaises politiques d’ailleurs
Our governments have the tendency to imitate others for their public policies.
5-minute read
Cessons de subventionner l’industrie pétrolière… pour économiser 32 millions
Canada's subsidy programs to the oil industry.
4-minute read
I couldn’t care less about oil!
The importance of economic rationality.
6-minute read
Je n’en ai rien à cirer du pétrole!
The importance of economic rationality.
5-minute read
Énergie Est et Bombardier : un cas de schizophrénie économique?
The Government of Quebec and the proposed Energy East pipeline.
13-minute read
Green Energy Subsidies: Is Alberta Jumping on the Bandwagon?
In recent years, Canadian provinces have adopted various “green” energy policies that have had a discernable impact on their energy markets. Carbon levies and constraints on using certain energy sources to generate electricity are now commonplace, and their use seems to be spreading. Until recently, Alberta had avoided such policy tools. In addition, much electricity in Alberta is generated, transmitted, and sold by private market actors, and thus political interference in the market has mostly been avoided.