Editor’s note: I have known Michael Zwaagstra for 33 years. He is one of my closest friends and more importantly among the smartest men I know. He has been writing advanced policy pieces in the education sphere since 1997. He is a senior fellow with not one but...
People rally against Bill C-5 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang As uniquely Canadian fault lines form around Ottawa’s new major projects Bill 5, it’s quickly becoming the story of two vetoes—one Indigenous,...
Prime Minister Mark Carney greets members of the public during Canada Day celebrations at LeBreton Flats in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby The American writer, William Burroughs, could have been writing for our times when he...
Alright, it’s time to talk about that idea of an oil pipeline to Hudson Bay, be it Churchill or Port Nelson. I hate to be a downer for the proponents, who include Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and a surprisingly...
Hello and Welcome to another edition of the Energy Business Analytics Newsletter. In this edition we pull back the curtain on the strategies of sixteen international energy companies with a total revenue [2024] of $3.6 Trillion. We conduct a strategic theme clustering...
Lately, we all have been talking a whole lot about the kind of things we shouldn’t be talking about. (Especially if we want to keep our sanity) So today, instead of elections, poor political leadership and a very unstable market, we should discuss something else...
