Bill Robson on BNN Bloomberg – Weak business investment sours Canada’s economic outlook
Bill Robson, president and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, discusses Canadian competitiveness and the reasons why business investment in the country is lagging compared to the U.S.
Grant Bishop – TransMountain: It Can Still Fly
To: The Hon. Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Natural Resources, The Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice. From: Grant Bishop Date: August 31, 2018 Re: Moving forward on TransMountain Yesterday’s decision by the Federal Court of Appeal to quash the federal cabinet’s approval of the TransMountain pipeline expansion exacerbates the uncertainty facing investment in major energy […] Chi Man Yip – What Do We Learn From British Columbia’s Carbon Tax?
From: Chi Man Yip To: Hon. George Heyman, British Columbia Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy CC: Ministers of Environment and Energy across Canada Re: What do we learn from British Columbia’s carbon tax? Date: August 28, 2018 British Columbia’s carbon tax turned 10 last month. Over that time, the tax, based on greenhouse gas emissions […] Peter MacKay – Re-energizing Energy East
To: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau From: Peter MacKay Date: August 11, 2018 Re: Re-energizing Energy East Lost in the summer haze of the sweltering heat, is one of the largest nation-building job opportunity seen in a generation. The aborted Energy East pipeline project would have been a massive game changer, not just for the Atlantic provinces, but for […] Ian Parry – Canada’s Carbon Price Floor: A Model For The World?
From: Ian Parry To: Governments Signatory to the Paris Accord on Climate Change Date: July 26, 2018 Re: Canada’s Carbon Price Floor: A Model for the World? In October 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a pan-Canadian approach to carbon pricing ensuring that carbon pricing applies across provinces and territories in Canada with increasing stringency over […] Benjamin Dachis – Ottawa’s Clean Fuel Standards Still Too Murky
To: Governments across Canada From: Benjamin Dachis Date: July 23, 2018 Re: Ottawa’s Clean Fuel Standards Still Too Murky Ottawa should clear up confusion about its plans for clean fuel standards. Policymakers must examine the inherent limitations and potential economic costs of a clean fuel standard system. Clean fuel standards (CFS) are an evolution of […] Speed Bump Ahead: Ottawa Should Drive Slowly on Clean Fuel Standards
Ottawa should clear up confusion about its plans for clean fuel standards, according to a new report by the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Speed Bump Ahead: Ottawa Should Drive Slowly on Clean Fuel Standards” author Benjamin Dachis argues federal policymakers must examine the inherent limitations and potential economic costs of a clean fuel standard system. Bushnell, Hughes, Smith – Food vs. Fuel? Impacts of Petroleum Shipments on Agricultural Prices
From: James Bushnell, Jonathan Hughes and Aaron Smith To: Regulators and users of the Western Canadian rail network Date: July 3, 2018 Re: Food vs. Fuel? Impacts of Petroleum Shipments on Agricultural Prices The shale revolution generated tremendous changes in both the volume and geographical distribution of oil production. The rapid increase of gas and oil […] Schwanen, Dachis – Federal carbon pricing backstop can reduce the litigation costs of cap-and-trade phaseout
From: Daniel Schwanen and Benjamin Dachis To: The Hon. Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada CC: Ontario Premier-designate Doug Ford Date: June 28, 2018 Subject: Federal carbon pricing backstop can reduce the litigation costs of cap-and-trade phaseout On June 15, Ontario’s Premier-designate Doug Ford announced that his government’s first act upon taking […] Tracy Snoddon – How the Federal Government Should Prepare its Carbon Tax
From: Tracy Snoddon To: Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Date: June 25, 2018 Re: How the Federal Government Should Prepare its Carbon Tax The election of Doug Ford and his Ontario Conservatives brings, among other matters, renewed focus on the federal government’s looming requirement that all provinces impose some version of a […] Benjamin Dachis – Seven Ways to Really Reduce the Cost of Electricity
From: Benjamin Dachis To: Ontario electricity consumers Re: Seven ways to really reduce the cost of electricity Date: June 4, 2018 There’s been lots of talk about cutting electricity costs for Ontario consumers this election, without a lot of specific ideas. Here are seven tangible ways that a new or re-elected government can cut the […] Move over, Waterloo and Ottawa: Calgary is now out-innovating you – CBC’s The Road Ahead
Which is the most innovative city in Canada?
You might be surprised to know that Calgary has now taken the lead on that front, as measured by one of the most common ways of gauging innovation — patents.
Calgary has now surpassed the likes of Ottawa and Waterloo in terms of patents per capita. And yet, the Alberta city’s rise has happened without the fanfare that accompanied the ascent of the country’s previous tech hubs in Ontario.
This is the untold story of how Calgary quietly rose to become Canada’s innovation leader. It’s a story that doesn’t have a central character. Unlike the tech booms of the past, there’s no Blackberry or Nortel dominating the scene. Rather, it’s a multitude of players in the oil and…