Canada’s Oil And Gas Giants Are Gouging British Columbians at the Gas Pump

Published May 2, 2019 Analysis

Cutting taxes won't reduce gas prices

9 weirdest things about this RCMP intelligence report on the “anti-petroleum movement”

Published February 17, 2015

The Mounties always get their man. But a newly disclosed intelligence assessment from the RCMP looking at the “anti-Canada petroleum movement” suggests the same might not always be true about their facts. First reported in La Presse, and again Monday in the Globe and Mail, the RCMP report dated January 2014 warns of “a growing, highly organized […]

6 ways crashing oil prices could shake up Canada’s economy

Published January 14, 2015

Falling oil prices are a potential game changer for Canada. From real estate to renewable energy, from tax policy to the manufacturing sector, we could see a whole new country.  The experts aren’t certain if (or when) oil prices will recover.   Of course, this volatility shouldn’t come as a surprise. We’ve been warned for years that […]

Green with envy: Canada should follow these clean energy leaders

Published January 11, 2015

Maybe Kermit the Frog had it all wrong and being green is easy – or at least easier than he thought. But first the scary news on fossil fuels. A new study in Nature warns that a large percentage of the world’s untapped fossil fuel reserves (including almost all of the Canadian oilsands) need to be left in the ground […]

VIDEO: Fact-checking five “crazy” things Stephen Harper said to Peter Mansbridge

Published December 18, 2014

We thought Stephen Harper hit peak “crazy” last week. But the prime minister may have reached a new plateau Wednesday night, rattling off the word “crazy” a handful of times during an exchange about oil and the environment with Peter Mansbridge on CBC. Our musical “fact check” video covers some of his most outrageous statements, […]

Stephen Harper’s “crazy” timeline on oil and gas regulation

Published December 10, 2014

Eight years of unfulfilled promises made by five environment ministers — and Prime Minister Stephen Harper himself. All gone in one “crazy” moment. On Tuesday, Harper said it’s “crazy” to consider regulating the oil and gas sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions — backtracking on the government’s stated position since 2006. His comments were a dominant theme during Question […]