Even with federal funding, does the BC government want forestry to survive?
Canfor’s permanent closure of its Northwood pulp mill makes it the 22nd B.C. mill to go dark since 2023, even as Ottawa steps in with $400 million and a task force report pointing squarely at the province. Does the B.C. government actually want a forestry sector to survive?
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
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 shows exactly what that word means — and why the reckoning belongs in Victoria.
Big questions about net-zero
We’re still awaiting the rules and regulations that the federal government is drafting to execute its plan to achieve net-zero emissions in Canada by 2050. Industries and resource projects from coast to coast to coast know they will be compelled by 2050 to eliminate or offset greenhouse-gas emissions, but how?
Hydrogen is on the way
A fellow we see constantly on social media greets pretty much every post about oil and gas with a simple: “H2 is the answer.” We can understand his enthusiasm for hydrogen, a fuel you can burn to provide energy, and the only emission at the end is … water. No greenhouse gases, no noxious particles, no pollution, no problem.Trouble is, that word “simple” is all too true.
Energy transition: Canada’s policy?
The last crystal ball we had was a kid’s marble from a Christmas cracker. So we’re not about to make our own predictions about the fate of oil. We’ll ignore Green MP Elizabeth May’s silly claim that “oil is dead,” and will look instead at what professional predictors are seeing in their digital crystal balls.
REPORT: Team Canada for the Rebuild
The COVID-19 response has changed the boundaries between the public and the private sectors. Post-pandemic Canada will have to function differently than pre-pandemic Canada.
Regulating pipelines: interview with NEB’s Peter Watson
Activists opposing Kinder Morgan’s proposed Trans Mountain pipeline expansion protested on Burnaby Mountain last fall and placed the National Energy Board in its crosshairs. The NEB regulates pipelines in Canada […]
Signs of hope for BC wood-frame houses market in China
The new five-year memorandum of understanding signed recently between British Columbia and Zhejiang province, which lies just south of Shanghai, seems like a long-held dream coming true