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Author: Stewart Muir

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
Analysis
  • Analysis
9 MIN READ

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
Analysis
  • Analysis
7 MIN READ

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
A helicopter drops water while fighting the Brunswick Creek wildfire in Boston Bar, B.C., on Thursday, July 9, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Forestry
  • Forestry
11 MIN READ

Burning the evidence: How B.C.’s forest policy is making Canada’s climate problem worse

Why shifting from forest exclusion to active, science-based management is essential for climate stability and economic resilience.
Stewart Muir, President and CEO, Resource Works
Analysis
  • Analysis
15 MIN READ

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
Stewart Muir in a BC forest
Forestry
  • Forestry
15 MIN READ

The forest crisis British Columbia built for itself

A federal task force calls the damage to Canada's forest sector "homegrown." This week's permanent closure of a Prince George pulp mill
Photo of the red paint on the Western LNG, Ksi Lisims LNG and PRGT office in New Hazelton. Posted by PRGT and Nisga’a Nation July 8, 2026.
Communities
  • Communities
3 MIN READ

In New Hazelton, neighbours answered the vandals

A pipeline office was splashed with red paint over the weekend. Before the company could even respond, townspeople showed up to wash
Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during an announcement with B.C. Premier David Eby in Vancouver, on Thursday, July 2, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Energy
  • Energy
22 MIN READ

The accidental corridor

By closing the north, Ottawa and Victoria may have opened the only pipeline route that can actually get built
LNG Canada site in Kitimat, B.C. April, 2026
Analysis
  • Analysis
14 MIN READ

LNG Canada: The investment landscape

If you're a public sector worker planning for retirement, say thanks to Canadian LNG
Back when Site C was a needless white elephant to some, to us it was destined to be a Clydesdale of the resource economy. Stewart Muir is pictured in—when the project was at its most contentious.
Analysis
  • Analysis
16 MIN READ

Is big hydro a fever dream?

Site E, Homalco, and the Question B.C. Cannot Avoid.