Alberta’s oil woes: typical downturn or end of an era?
The hits just keep on coming for Alberta. Falling oil prices could now send the province into a recession this year, according to the latest forecast from the Conference Board of Canada. Despite the...
View ArticleCanada needs an energy strategy, but not one focused on pipelines
The national energy strategy just mapped out by Canada’s premiers contemplates, among other things, how to speed up the approval process for interprovincial pipelines. Even as the agreement was being...
View ArticleFalling crude prices put producers between a rock and a hard place
Oil’s slide below $50 (U.S.) a barrel is the latest turn for a bear market that looks to be settling in for an extended stay. In the oil patch, hope springs eternal that prices will rebound and the...
View ArticleWhat the leaders need to understand about Canada’s shifting economy
As Canadians are becoming all too aware, the spectre of a recession, no matter the definition, looms large during an election campaign. Despite such prominence, the recent debate made it abundantly...
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