Unlike Canada, the U.S. has been quick to take advantage of the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) opportunity. Between 2014 and 2020, for example, the U.S. built seven LNG export facilities and approved 20 more [1]. Our southern neighbour has already tripled its LNG exports over the past five y...
Canadians are wondering what will happen to our country’s economy now that the incoming U.S. administration may put a 25% tariff on all exports we send to our largest trading partner. How will this massive potential tax affect Canada?
Coming off the completion of two major pipelines – the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) and Coastal GasLink (CGL) – Canada has more upcoming opportunities to expand its oil and natural gas exports to countries abroad while maximizing the value of our natural resources --- a win-win-win for Canadia...
Canada's current economic landscape reveals an important reality: our natural resources sector is essential to our national prosperity. Recent data paints a clear picture of an economy where energy, forestry, mining, and agriculture make an oversized and irreplaceable contribution to our standar...
Canada is well known as an agricultural powerhouse, exporting various food products to more than 190 countries worldwide. But not often do we give our blueberry farmers the recognition they deserve; the sector is an essential part of our domestic agriculture industry, accounting for 57% of our na...
Despite headlines in recent years about a global transition away from fossil fuels, the world continues building vast lengths of new oil and gas pipelines while fossil fuels still account for more than 80 per cent of the global energy mix. Between 2024 and 2030, for example, more than 233,440 ki...
Canada’s territories – the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Nunavut – are some of the coldest and most remote regions on the planet. While accounting for 40 per cent of Canada’s total landmass, these relatively untapped resource-rich regions represent just 3 per cent of the Canadian populat...
Agriculture plays an incredibly important role in the lives of Canadians across the country. Whether it be the cherry farms of British Columbia, grain mills of Saskatchewan, corn fields of Ontario, maple syrup harvesters of Quebec, or lobster fisheries of the Atlantic provinces, the agriculture ...
Canada’s oilsands sector will reach a massive milestone sometime in the fourth quarter of 2024: $1 trillion in cumulative spending injected into the Canadian economy. According to Heather Exner-Pirot, the Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a...
A changing U.S. administration has many Canadian leaders wondering if now is the right time for a federal emissions cap. Even Bill Morneau, Canada’s Finance Minister from 2015 to 2020, questions whether the draft legislation is the right policy given the circumstances in an interview with CTV. W...
The business case for developing Canada’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector continues to strengthen, with Taiwan joining the ever-growing list of countries that have said they want or would consider buying Canadian-made LNG. According to reporting by The Globe and Mail, Taiwan is “eager” to buy...
