Families having to choose between buying groceries or heating their homes By Cody Ciona and Deborah Jaremko Indigenous communities across Canada need access to natural gas to reduce energy poverty, says a new report by Energy for a Secure Future (ESF). It’s a serious issue that needs to be addressed, say Indigenous community and business leaders in Saskatchewan. “We’re here today to implore upon the federal government that we need the installation of natural gas and access to natural [Read more]
The beauty of economic corridors: Inside Alberta’s work to link products with new markets
Q&A with Devin Dreeshen, Minister of Transport and Economic Corridors By CEC Staff Devin Dreeshen, Alberta’s Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors. CEC: How have recent developments impacted Alberta’s ability to expand trade routes and access new markets for energy and natural resources? Dreeshen: With the U.S. trade dispute going on right now, it’s great to see that other provinces and the federal government are taking an interest in our east, west and northern [Read more]
Alberta’s massive oil and gas reserves keep growing – here’s why
Q&A with Mike Verney, executive vice-president, McDaniel & Associates By Deborah Jaremko New analysis commissioned by the Alberta Energy Regulator has increased the province’s natural gas reserves by 440 per cent, bumping Canada into the global top 10. Alberta’s oil reserves – already fourth in the world – also increased by seven billion barrels. The report was conducted by Calgary-based consultancy McDaniel & Associates. Executive vice-president Mike Verney explains what it [Read more]
Rural Ontario community celebrates being connected to natural gas for the first time
‘I see energy security as a balance. We need all of the above, including oil and gas’ By Will Gibson Dave Barton drives an electric vehicle and has solar panels on the roof of his family’s house. But the mayor of Uxbridge Township – equal parts bedroom community, farmland and greenbelt located about 45-minute drive northeast of Toronto – is an unabashed supporter of natural gas. “We are located in the Durham region, which is home to two nuclear plants in Pickering and Darlington. But when [Read more]
Alberta power outages and higher costs on the way with new federal electricity regulations, AESO says
Clean Electricity Regulations put Alberta grid at risk for ‘minimal emissions reductions’ By Cody Ciona Alberta is at risk of power outages by the mid-2030s as a result of the federal government’s Clean Electricity Regulations (CER), says a new report by the Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO). The AESO’s analysis found the new regulations, which came into effect on January 1, will make the province’s electricity system more than 100 times less reliable by 2038. Alberta has [Read more]
Experts urge caution with Canadian energy in response to Trump tariffs
‘We want Americans to stand up for our supply’ By Will Gibson A lawyer by training, Gary Mar is also a keen student of history. And he recommends Canadians look at what happened when past U.S. administrations imposed tariffs on imports before jumping to add costs to Canadian energy. “President Richard Nixon imposed a 10 per cent tariff in 1971 and withdrew it after a few months because it caused so much pain for American consumers,” says Mar, CEO of the Canada West Foundation, who [Read more]
‘Big vulnerability’: How Ontario and Quebec became reliant on U.S. oil and gas
ARC Energy Institute leaders highlight the need for a new approach in a new reality By Deborah Jaremko on February 28, 2025 Despite Canada’s status as one of the world’s largest oil and gas producers, more than half of the country’s own population does not have true energy security – uninterrupted, reliable access to the energy they need at an affordable price. Even though Western Canada produces much of the oil consumed in Ontario and Quebec, in order to get there, it moves on pipelines [Read more]
U.S. tariffs or not, Canada needs to build new oil and gas pipeline space fast
Expansion work underway takes on greater importance amid trade dispute By Grady Semmens on February 18, 2025 Last April, as the frozen landscape began its spring thaw, a 23-kilometre stretch of newly built pipeline started moving natural gas across northwest Alberta. There was no fanfare when this small extension of TC Energy’s Nova Gas Transmission Limited (NGTL) system went online – adding room for more gas than all the homes in Calgary use every day. It’s part of the ongoing expansion [Read more]
Quebecers starting to understand the need for Canadian pipelines, says MEI
Q&A with Gabriel Giguère, senior policy analyst with the Montreal Economic Institute By CEC Staff A new poll from Angus Reid shows significant support from people in Quebec for Canada to build sea-to-sea oil and gas pipelines. Gabriel Giguère, a senior policy analyst with the Montreal Economic Institute, says it’s support like he has never seen before. Here’s what he had to say. Gabriel Giguère. Photo courtesy Montreal Economic Institute CEC: Where does Quebec get its [Read more]
Alberta extracting more value from oil and gas resources: ATB
Investment in ‘value-added’ projects more than doubled to $4 billion in 2024 By Will Gibson In the 1930s, economist Harold Innis coined the term “hewers of wood and drawers of water” to describe Canada’s reliance on harvesting natural resources and exporting them elsewhere to be refined into consumer products. Almost a century later, ATB Financial chief economist Mark Parsons has highlighted a marked shift in that trend in Alberta’s energy industry, with more and more projects that upgrade [Read more]
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