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A Note on Climate Change to Suits and Boots from Peter Ladner
Rick: Thanks for hosting and organizing the Suits and Boots “Face-to-Face Resource Sector Tour” event in Vancouver last week. It is so good to get those with opposing views in the same room, instead of fanning the […]
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Lights out for Canada’s energy sector?
Our Suits and Boots Face-to-Face Resource Sector Tour heads to Eastern Canada this week, with our next stop on Thursday in Toronto. We’ll be looking for answers to one key question: Is it lights out for Canada’s energy sector? […]
In Support
‘Pick a lane’: Kenney calls out Quebec’s use of equalization payments after Blanchet’s meeting with Trudeau
Alberta’s premier is calling on Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet to “pick a lane” after he said he wouldn’t offer advice to Western provinces looking for more independence within Canada. “If they were attempting to […]
In Opposition
Don’t count on me to support western demands, Bloc Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet says
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received support in his quest for national unity from an unlikely ally Wednesday when Yves-Francois Blanchet, the leader of the separatist Bloc Quebecois, said anyone seeking more independence for the West […]
In Support
Rex Murphy: This is not a standard downturn. And Albertans are not whining
There has never been so concentrated and focused an attack on any industry that equals the relentless propagandist denigration of the Alberta oilsands. There’s been a curious turn in some of the press commentary on […]
In Support
Don’t Call Me a Pessimist on Climate Change. I Am a Realist
No one wants to be the downer at the party, and some would say that I am an unreformed pessimist. But consider this — pessimism and optimism are mere states of mind that may or […]
In Opposition
Big Oil gambled and lost in federal election
As political parties take stock post-election, it is worth remembering exactly what happened during the recent federal campaign. Swimming against the tide of history, Canada’s oil industry backed the Conservative Party in a take-no-prisoners assault […]
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You won’t believe what a Vancouver columnist said about Alberta!
The man pictured below is a Globe and Mail national affairs columnist. He is based in Vancouver. You may be interested in what he wrote in this column on Tuesday: That’s the kind of environment that Suits and Boots is entering […]
Op-eds
When your largest and only customer, the US, no longer needs us
Let’s call it like it is: Rachel Notley and Justin Trudeau have a huge role to play in the energy industry contraction in Alberta. Poor policy decisions by the former NDP Alberta Government and the […]