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I Want A New Country

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Not a bug, but a feature: Canada’s carbon pricing wipes out Alberta oilsands’ edge

Canada’s industrial carbon tax pushes the cost of producing a marginal barrel of oilsands crude to $75 USD (at $95/tonne carbon tax)—well above what new projects in Texas or New Mexico face—stripping away the tax advantage Alberta needs to attract energy investment, according to a new Fraser Institute study by Jack Mintz, president’s fellow at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy.

The findings land as Ottawa and Alberta advance a one-million-barrel-per-day West Coast oil pipeline proposal under their November 2025 memorandum of understanding (MOU) and May 2026 implementation agreement. So far, Pembina Pipeline Corp. is the only private partner to sign on, taking a 10 percent stake during construction, and no oil producers have yet committed to shipping on the line.

Mintz said the research began long before the current political moment.

“This work was started about three, four years ago—it was more of an academic interest,” he said in a phone interview with The Hub. “It struck me that no one had really looked at carbon taxation and how it affects competitiveness.”

They said “this event is closed off to the media to allow for a fulsome conversation.” I went anyhow.

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Pipeline Online attends NDP Grid and Growth town hall in Moose Jaw that media weren’t invited to.

And if I was to record the event, they asked that I leave.

 

In asking hard questions about the NDP’s numbers for the cost of natural gas fuel, no hard numbers were given in reply.

The World Turned Upside Down

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The World Turned Upside Down: Coal workers go to Legislature to take issue with NDP’s stance on coal

In the musical Hamilton, there’s part of a song that goes, “The World Turned Upside Down.” And one could be forgiven for thinking that, when it comes to politics, unions, and power generation in Saskatchewan.
In subsequent press scrums, 26 union members from two unions stood behind the SaskPower minister, but none stood behind NDP SaskPower critic.

NDP calls for apples-to-apples comparison, but when that’s done, their coal costs mirror the government’s

Usually when the public galleries of the legislature are filled with union members, it’s almost always because they’re not happy with the government. But on May 11, 26 union members and two mayors were there not to take issue with the government, but with the opposition.

Brotherhood is not comrades with NDP these days

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International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers respond to NDP coal position: “A deliberate misrepresentation of costs”

It turns out if the NDP wants your job to disappear, they don’t get your support. Imagine that? As in, if they want your house to lose half or more of its value, you to lose your job, and would rather spend money on gas from Alberta or wind and solar, what would you think?

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Wait, isn’t this how it was done before?

Feds want pipeline projects reviewed by energy regulator instead of impact agency

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Pipeline company Enbridge unfazed by rival oil shipping projects

Hard men needed for bitter cold

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Now Hiring: Project Greenland. “Stampede Drilling Inc. is headed north for Project Greenland, part of a major Arctic drilling campaign, and we’re looking for a tough, experienced crew ready to take on the cold and get the job done right.”

If this makes you think of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famous ad, I’m with you. That one said, “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success.”

*Note – due to a glitch, this is a republished post.

Coulda Had A Pipeline

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Your second juxtapose of the day.

I want a new country.

Canadian Competitiveness

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As I was sifting through the influencer pulp this morning on the UAE decision to leave OPEC (and decided to sit it out), I stumbled upon this chart from the just released OPEC Annual Statistical Bulletin.

Let’s zoom in.

Blue is crude price, red is tax, coral is industry profit margin.

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Giving Ottawa the bird on coal

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Boundary Dam Power Station on the day Unit 4 returned to life. Photo by Brian Zinchuk

Boundary Dam Unit 4 fired up on April 22, and it’s more significant than you might think

Up until now, the coal-fired power refurbishment may have seemed like a lot of talk. On Wednesday, April 22, it became real. And that’s significant for a number of reasons.

Not the least of which is it is in total defiance of federal coal regulations. Saskatchewan is giving Ottawa the bird.

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