From: Dmitriy Frolovskiy To: Major project watchers Date: May 7, 2026 Re: Canada’s Energy Strategy Must Look Beyond Current Market Disruption Canada can’t replace oil or gas volumes lost through the current disruption in the Strait of Hormuz now, or ever. Canadian supply is not large enough, cannot expand fast enough, and is not geographically positioned to fully offset an interruption in […]
Published in The Globe and Mail. Investor support for corporate sustainability initiatives has been derailed. In the face of strong ideology against Environment, Social and Governance, or ESG, investing in the United States, major fund managers such as BlackRock, Inc. and the Vanguard Group, Inc. have backed away from asserting that ESG factors are responsive to […]
Gasoline prices in Canada rose by more than 20 percent between February and March 2026. The year-over-year increase in March reached 5.9 percent, close to three times the 2 percent inflation target, largely due to the Iran conflict. However, the removal of the consumer carbon tax last year and the new temporary suspension of the […]
From: Peter van DijkTo: Canadians Concerned about Recognizing and Valuing Natural AssetsDate: April 14, 2026 Re: Making Natural Capital Decision-Relevant, Lessons from the UK Governments are increasingly confronting the practical reality regarding the value of natural capital: Flooding, water scarcity, heat stress, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem degradation are driving infrastructure costs, insurance pressures, and long-term liabilities. […]
A recent C.D. Howe Institute report recommends introducing a national price floor for carbon emission compliance credits to create a minimum carbon price across provinces and territories. A price floor would improve transparency and enforceability, reduce transaction costs, align incentives across regions, and decouple emissions reductions from competitiveness concerns – enabling more durable, effective emissions […]
March 26, 2026 –Weaknesses in the federal industrial carbon pricing benchmark risk limiting progress toward national greenhouse gas reduction targets. As the federal government prepares its 2026 review of carbon pricing, Canada’s carbon pricing benchmark needs to be retooled to improve transparency, fairness, and efficiency, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute. […]
by Nicholas Rivers Canada’s industrial carbon pricing systems, covering roughly 40 percent of national emissions, aim to reduce greenhouse gases while protecting competitiveness, but are being undermined by a poorly designed federal “benchmark.” The current benchmark relies on a subjective and opaque “demand test” to assess system stringency, resulting in overly generous performance standards, low […]
From: Lennie KaplanTo: Alberta budget observers Date: February 20, 2026Re: How Will Alberta Deal With Low Oil Prices in Next Week’s Budget? The Alberta government is signaling that its 2026 budget next week is going “stay the course” with a large deficit number in 2026/27, and likely into 2027/28. One of the critical factors influencing the […]
To: Housing watchers From: Kate KoplovichRe: We Need an Eye on Two Prizes: More Housing and Lower Emissions As Canada races to fix its housing affordability crisis, one issue is consistently treated as an afterthought: How to close the housing supply gap without creating higher residential greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come. With the […]
Published in The Hill Times. As Canada races to fix its housing affordability crisis, one issue is consistently treated as an afterthought: how to close the housing supply gap without creating higher residential greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come. With the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) estimating […]
January 27, 2026 – The expansion of US dollar-linked stablecoins is accelerating a revolution in how payments are made – raising growing concerns about Canada’s ability to maintain control over its monetary system and domestic payment infrastructure, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “The Window Is Closing: How Canada Can Shape the […]
January 20, 2026 – What does it mean to be an “energy superpower,” and how will it economically benefit Canadians? A new report from the C.D. Howe Institute warns that recent megaproject power sector announcements touting Canada as such lack definition, cost-benefit analysis, and evidence that they will improve affordability, which continues to remain a […]
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From: Dmitriy Frolovskiy To: Major project watchers Date: May 7, 2026 Re: Canada’s Energy Strategy Must Look Beyond Current Market Disruption Canada can’t replace oil or gas volumes lost through the current disruption in the Strait of Hormuz now, or ever. Canadian supply is not large enough, cannot expand fast enough, and is not geographically positioned to fully offset an interruption in […] 
Published in The Globe and Mail. Investor support for corporate sustainability initiatives has been derailed. In the face of strong ideology against Environment, Social and Governance, or ESG, investing in the United States, major fund managers such as BlackRock, Inc. and the Vanguard Group, Inc. have backed away from asserting that ESG factors are responsive to […] 
Gasoline prices in Canada rose by more than 20 percent between February and March 2026. The year-over-year increase in March reached 5.9 percent, close to three times the 2 percent inflation target, largely due to the Iran conflict. However, the removal of the consumer carbon tax last year and the new temporary suspension of the […] 
From: Peter van DijkTo: Canadians Concerned about Recognizing and Valuing Natural AssetsDate: April 14, 2026 Re: Making Natural Capital Decision-Relevant, Lessons from the UK Governments are increasingly confronting the practical reality regarding the value of natural capital: Flooding, water scarcity, heat stress, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem degradation are driving infrastructure costs, insurance pressures, and long-term liabilities. […] 
A recent C.D. Howe Institute report recommends introducing a national price floor for carbon emission compliance credits to create a minimum carbon price across provinces and territories. A price floor would improve transparency and enforceability, reduce transaction costs, align incentives across regions, and decouple emissions reductions from competitiveness concerns – enabling more durable, effective emissions […] 
March 26, 2026 –Weaknesses in the federal industrial carbon pricing benchmark risk limiting progress toward national greenhouse gas reduction targets. As the federal government prepares its 2026 review of carbon pricing, Canada’s carbon pricing benchmark needs to be retooled to improve transparency, fairness, and efficiency, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute. […] 
From: Lennie KaplanTo: Alberta budget observers Date: February 20, 2026Re: How Will Alberta Deal With Low Oil Prices in Next Week’s Budget? The Alberta government is signaling that its 2026 budget next week is going “stay the course” with a large deficit number in 2026/27, and likely into 2027/28. One of the critical factors influencing the […] 
To: Housing watchers From: Kate KoplovichRe: We Need an Eye on Two Prizes: More Housing and Lower Emissions As Canada races to fix its housing affordability crisis, one issue is consistently treated as an afterthought: How to close the housing supply gap without creating higher residential greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come. With the […] 
Published in The Hill Times. As Canada races to fix its housing affordability crisis, one issue is consistently treated as an afterthought: how to close the housing supply gap without creating higher residential greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come. With the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) and the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) estimating […] 
January 27, 2026 – The expansion of US dollar-linked stablecoins is accelerating a revolution in how payments are made – raising growing concerns about Canada’s ability to maintain control over its monetary system and domestic payment infrastructure, according to a new C.D. Howe Institute report. In “The Window Is Closing: How Canada Can Shape the […] 
January 20, 2026 – What does it mean to be an “energy superpower,” and how will it economically benefit Canadians? A new report from the C.D. Howe Institute warns that recent megaproject power sector announcements touting Canada as such lack definition, cost-benefit analysis, and evidence that they will improve affordability, which continues to remain a […]