Heather Exner-Pirot

The Impact Assessment Act was determined to be largely unconstitutional by Canada’s appellate courts three times. There was no need to go to the Supreme Court of Canada for a fourth. That’s not weakening the law, it’s upholding it. There is a constitutional separation of powers.

Strathcona and CN Rail are partnering on a project estimated at C$2.5-3.5 billion to create a 250,000 barrel a day crude-by-rail link to Prince Rupert.
The proposed new rail project could be operational within two years, providing additional exports off the Pacific coast before Pacific Link comes into operation in about eight years time.
The rail project will eventually be open to First Nation equity ownership, as well as participation in other ways including procurement and employment.

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I don’t think the business case for Arctic offshore oil and gas is particularly good. But the way Trudeau initiated the ban back in 2016 was totally egregious - Indigenous and northern leaders were simply informed of the ban the day before, and were outraged. Most northern leaders have called for it to be reversed, and for them to determine if and how development proceeds.

While European and Asian consumers are now paying north of $30 per million British thermal unit for their gas, US buyers pay around $3 per mBtu. Canadian costs are even lower, at about $1.5 per mBtu.

This is a phenomenal competitive advantage for Canadian energy intensive industry, and for attracting AI investment. (But has been minimized by industrial carbon taxes and the Clean Electricity Regulations)
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The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Energy Regulator says it received 10 successful bids in total, marking the first time since 2022 that companies have purchased exploration licenses in the province.
It was the largest number of successful bids since 2000.