Learning from past successes and failures can mitigate risks in governments’ $20 billion Indigenous loan guarantees in mega projects, better ensuring success
Press Release Nov. 06, 2025 VANCOUVER—To mitigate the risks involved in the $20 billion governments have earmarked for Indigenous loan guarantees to facilitate participation in infrastructure projects, lessons should be…
Policy Update: AME Northwest Land Use Planning Interest Statement
Press Release The Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) has submitted an Interest Statement to the B.C. government about land use planning processes in the Northwest (Kaska Dene, Meziadin, Tahltan and…
Indigenous consent is an objective, not a standard, for resource development: Heather Exner-Pirot
Press Release October 16, 2025 While Indigenous consent is a goal in the permitting and approval of projects, it is not a requirement in Canadian law. In Canadian resource development,…
Ottawa’s radical “green energy” agenda keeps Canada’s economy hostage
Press Release October 8, 2025 Exner-Pirot notes that the anti-fossil fuels ideology embraced by ENGOs is increasingly being rejected by Canadians from across the country. Despite Prime Minister Mark Carney’s…
Workforce supports will help Canada weather economic shocks and seize new opportunities
Press Release Federal measures will build skills, strengthen EI and prepare workers for low-carbon future VANCOUVER — MEGAN GORDON, manager of the Equitable Transition program at the Pembina Institute, made…
First batch of major projects step toward resilient, diversified Canadian economy
Press Release September 11, 2025 Future projects must be ‘climate competitive,’ accompanied by policies to leverage private clean growth investment OTTAWA — CHRIS SEVERSON-BAKER, executive director of the Pembina Institute,…
Rethinking arts and media funding – A new vision for Canada: Peter Menzies
August 26, 2025 Introduction It has been 75 years since the Massey Commission wrote the guidebook for Canada’s cultural policies. Back then, 29 per cent of Canadians spoke French as…
Russia and China are building an Arctic empire
Press Release August 19, 2025 Canada risks being shut out of critical northern trade routes and resource development opportunities. Russia and China are building a strategic Arctic partnership designed to…
Buried Burdens: The True Costs of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Ownership
Press Release As federal and provincial governments pass legislation to fast track resource development, a long-delayed liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline in B.C. has been approved. The contentious Prince Rupert…
Ottawa has spent nearly $18 billion settling Indigenous ‘specific claims’ since 2015
Press Release June 19, 2025 CALGARY—Since 2015, the federal government has paid nearly $18 billion settling an increasing number of ‘specific claims’ by First Nations, including more than $7 billion…
