Trans Mountain Expansion

Energy Transition is a very good argument for supporting Kinder Morgan pipeline

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During energy transition from oil to alt fuels, producing and exporting oil to drive economic growth/pay for transition is reasonable compromise My wife and I often stroll the picturesque beaches of Semiahmoo Bay with our little dog, enjoying the cool ocean breezes and the sand in our toes. Sometimes, I look out over the water and […]

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Time to rethink ‘political opposition’ to Energy East, Kinder Morgan pipeline projects

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British Columbia demonstrates that pipeline projects can succeed even against vociferous opposition Vancouver pollster Shachi Kurl has a message for skeptics who think Quebec opposition will sink the Energy East pipeline: more British Columbians now support the Trans Mountain Expansion project than oppose it. Kurl is the executive director of the Angus Reid Institute, which released a

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Equalization payments for pipelines? PSAC’s plan is flawed in so many ways

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Equalization payments for pipelines is unconstitutional, poor way to stimulate Canadian debate Mark Salkeld is basking in oil and gas industry approval for his recent media comments about linking Eastern Canada equalization payments and pipelines approvals. He shouldn’t be. The strategy is wrong-headed and ultimately harmful to industry’s own interests. Salkeld is the CEO of

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Justin Trudeau and the realpolitik of Kinder Morgan’s pipeline in British Columbia

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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 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fibbed when he promised during last year’s election to “redo” the project’s federal review. Welcome to

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Why social license (or legitimacy) is critical to pipelines, the Canadian oil sands

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Eco-activists, BC First Nations eroded NEB and industry legitimacy, which must now be restored before new pipelines are built Why is the idea of social license so important to the oil sands industry? Because the Harper government and industry stood on the sidelines for the past decade while eco-activists and BC First Nations destroyed the legitimacy

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Pipeline project delays cost Canada’s economy, govts billions a year – Fraser Insititute

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Energy East, Trans Mountain Expansion, Northern Gateway “remain in limbo due to opposition from environmental and First Nations groups” Barriers to building pipelines that would allow Canadian producers to diversify their sales result in prices that are 20 to 30 per cent below the world price of West Texas Intermediate, costing Canada’s economy and governments

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Has British Columbia already granted ‘social license’ for Kinder Morgan pipeline?

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41% of BC respondents support approval of Kinder Morgan pipeline, 34% are opposed Get ready for a new pipeline, British Columbia, because a recent poll may have removed the last impediment to building the Kinder Morgan project. There are many arguments against the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline, but one of the most important has always been that

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Pipeline success, not Leap Manifesto, will determine Notley’s future in 2019

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NDP convention resolutions routinely ignored by Saskatchewan NDP governments, why not Alberta? Wow, wasn’t that some convention this weekend? Rachel Notley was thundering for pipelines. The federal NDP responded by endorsing the schizo-anarchist climate change strategy charmingly dubbed the “Leap Manifesto.” Some pundits are already writing the Alberta premier’s political obituary and she hasn’t been in office

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