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Canadian Natural Resources are Good for Canada & the Global Environment
As the second largest country in the world, Canada is fortunate to have an incredible diversity and wealth of natural resources which play an important part in its high standard of living and national economy. For example, Canada’s mining, forestry and energy industries are r...
Canada’s GHG Emissions & Energy Use: Industries & Households (2016)
Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) have been a topic of hot debate in Canada as of late, especially when it comes to new pipelines and carbon taxes. To shed some light on energy use and GHG emissions in Canada, we delved into recent articles released on The Daily at Statistics Ca...
3 Reasons Why Canada Needs British Columbia LNG
Have you heard about the multi-billion-dollar LNG project proposed in British Columbia? With a $40-billion price tag, the project is set to become the single largest investment into infrastructure in the province’s history! There would be massive economic benefits for both the...
5 Major Pipelines Under Construction Around the World
As pipeline woes continue in Canada, I decided to look online and see if other nations were dealing with the same problems related to getting pipelines built. What I discovered was a wealth of information discussing the economic benefits of new pipelines in the planning stages...
Canada’s Pipeline Situation is Upsetting…
I remember growing up in Calgary in the early 90s when happy meals were five bucks and gasoline was just above 40 cents per litre. Back then I was a young child and my parents paid for it all anyways… ah, the good ol’ days when maintaining a job wasn’t even a fathomable though...
3 Easy Things YOU Can Do to Take Action for Canada's Future
How can you support Canadian energy and the opportunities that mega-projects like the Trans Mountain expansion, Keystone XL pipeline and BC LNG would bring to our nation? Truth is that we as Canadians needs to stand up for our prosperity! We cannot let loud vocal minorities d...
Alberta Oil Being Moved by Railcar Hits Record High
With lengthy delays and so much uncertainty when it comes to getting pipelines built in Canada, it seems Canadian producers have found another way to get their oil to market. According to Statistics Canada, there was a total of 16,193 railway carloads transporting petroleum an...
If you Support Proportional Representation, Maybe it is Time to Support Canadians on Trans Mountain
Over the weekend Abacus Data undertook to a poll of Canadians to measure support for the Trans Mountain expansion. The results were a resounding 7/10 people supporting the project, including 67% of people in British Columbia. A significant majority. Theses results led me to th...
25 Quick Facts on Canada's Oil & Natural Gas Industry
Are you wondering about the facts when it comes to Canada’s oil and natural gas industry? There's been a lot of misinformation put out there about Canada's energy sector in the past several years... it's important that both sides of the discussion are heard and that the benefi...
Who Does Carbon Pricing Among the World’s Top Oil Exporters?
Only one of the world’s top 10 oil exporting nations has carbon pricing initiatives – Canada. If you aren't familiar with which countries are the world's top exporters, here's a list (WTEx, 2017): Top 10 World Oil Exporters 2017 #1 – Saudi Arabia #2 – Russia #3 – Iraq #4 –...