Frontier Centre: The failed economics of carbon taxes

By Lee Harding Frontier Centre for Public Policy Originally published March 16, 2022 A leading Canadian economist says the case for carbon taxes is limited and its proponents deliver more rhetoric than reality. In an interview with this author, Steve Ambler, Economics...

Frontier Centre: Chattering Classes Need to Change Their Anti-Energy Tune

By Joseph Quesnel Frontier Centre for Public Policy Originally published March 13, 2022 Canada’s chattering classes – who are often more accustomed to playing the sadly ineffectual dovish role – are rushing to prove their outrage over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and...

Is helium a critical mineral? And how does Russia play into this?

SASKATOON – In on Feb. 22, the United State Geological Survey (USGS) revised its critical minerals list. In doing so, they added nickel and zinc, but removed helium, potash, rhenium and strontium. The revision to the list took place two days before Russia...

EU agrees on Russia sanctions so far, but energy divides

  By Raf Casert And Samuel Petrequin in Brussels BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union preserved a sense of rarely seen unity through four rounds of unprecedented sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. But at a summit Thursday, the 27 leaders faced...