It sure seems strange. With over two hundred thousand kilometers of coastline, we Canadians can’t seem to agree on where a few 2-4 foot wide pipelines can go without damaging some ancient weed or harming someone’s favorite spot to lay their beach towel! Ridiculous. Granted, not all of our 243,042 km of coastline is a suitable candidate for a pipeline to reach tidewater. But there is a large percentage that has serious potential. The BC coastline accounts for approximately 10% of Canada’s [Read more]
Maybe we should call Fossil Fuels ‘Ketchup’ instead?
Ketchup. Without it, our hot dogs, fries, hamburgers, you name it, would be downright boring. And it being March, with increasingly warmer weather, I for one don’t need any reminder that summer is fast approaching. So it would be of no surprise to me that ketchup (along with other summer pleasures) is on the hearts and minds of most Canadians. Why wouldn’t it be? All is well in the country, our economy is booming, jobless rates are down and the economic engine of Canada is firing on all [Read more]
Hello…Newman! An industry response to Bill Nye oil sands comment
Yet another actor has been paraded around the oil sands developments in Northern Alberta. That’s right, the microphone has been given to Bill Nye (the science guy...allegedly) and he has come away with one word “depressive”. Bill is in good company as James Cameron, Neil Young and everyone’s favourite man-bun sporting entertainer, Leonardo DiCaprio, have all dropped in for a visit “hello...Newman!". These men came, they saw and they left...on their jets, but not before berating our province and [Read more]
Pipelines, crafted by local artisans, organic and gluten free
On a recent trip to Tofino, BC, my wife and I were hit by an onslaught of food, products and services all pandering to the desire of our culture to use products characterized as organic, locally sourced, gluten free or crafted by local artisans. It got me thinking that maybe the pipeline industry should look inward to see if it can check any of these same boxes with regard to its own product? After all, there has never been a time when pipelines have been so demonized and fraught with [Read more]