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Category: Analysis

Severe drought in Western Canada is putting pressure on hydroelectricity generation, forcing two hydro-rich provinces to import power from other jurisdictions due to low reservoir levels. Manitoba Hydro power lines are photographed just outside Winnipeg, Monday, May 1, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Hydro-rich NDP provinces put natural gas back in the power plan

Manitoba Hydro’s $3-billion turbine proposal is under scrutiny today as BC Hydro seeks to retain nearly 400 megawatts of existing gas generation
Canada's premiers hold a press conference closing the Council of the Federation meetings in Charlottetown on Wednesday July 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
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Canada has agreed to build. Now publish the real clock

The premiers’ new consensus on energy corridors and faster approvals is significant. But Canada still cannot say how long a major project
Don Wright at the IPSS 2022
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Horgan’s former top public servant tells Canada to drop the demonization of Alberta

Don Wright ran B.C.'s public service. His new reading of 30 years of federal fiscal data says Alberta's oilsands quietly paid the
Northwood Pulp Mill in Prince George
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As one industry consolidates in the North, we need to articulate the challenge we face in order to address it

The permanent closure of the Northwood pulp mill in Prince George highlights the urgent need for a comprehensive regional economic framework
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith arrive to announce a proposed pipeline from Alberta to the B.C. coast in Calgary on Thursday, July 02, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Todd Korol
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Energy advocates cannot rest, for the next battle of ideas over pipelines will soon begin

Even with the public onside, the case for jobs, tax revenue and small-town renewal still has to be made
Making it Count. Image courtesy of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
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Putting a number on it: New report builds a framework to measure the economic cost of Indigenous engagement in BC

A Macdonald-Laurier Institute study argues that if British Columbia wants to keep attracting resource investment, it first needs to measure what the
Stewart Muir, President and CEO, Resource Works
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The green movement didn’t stop pipelines. It nationalized them.

How 15 years of political warfare transformed Canadian capitalism—and why the state may be building its way back out
Karen Graham, Chair, Resource Works Advisory Council
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Roberts Bank: Microcosm and litmus test for a diversified terminal enabling Canada’s energy exports

The Canada-BC and Canada-Alberta agreements opened the door to a new west coast oil pipeline, and its least-expected component may be the
LNG Canada site in Kitimat, B.C. April, 2026
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LNG Canada: The investment landscape

If you're a public sector worker planning for retirement, say thanks to Canadian LNG