Canada is an energy superpower. It’s time to remind America and act like it: Heather Exner-Pirot in The Hub
This article originally appeared in The Hub. By Heather Exner-Pirot, November 29, 2024 With one social media post, President-elect Donald...
The Great Energy Crisis
A great battle of ideas is being waged around the energy industry in Canada…
Some in Canada view the energy industry as a one-dimensional climate change problem to be solved, chiefly by keeping oil and gas in the ground. In contrast, we propose to tell the story of Canadian energy and Canadian opportunity in a way that will change the climate of both public opinion and national policy so that Canada can achieve its potential as an environmentally responsible energy superpower.
Our work has already begun.
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute has long been Canada’s leading think tank in telling these important stories.
Our senior fellows have contributed to each aspect of the energy crisis debate; from understanding the impact of natural resources in Indigenous economic self-determination, to spelling out the role Canada ought to play in global energy security; from pushing back against cumbersome regulatory and redundant tax burdens on the oil and gas industry, to assessing the need for an international club to strengthen climate cooperation across the G7, MLI experts have been at the forefront of the issues.
A few recent highlights include:
On February 15, 2023, Heather Exner-Pirot and Martin Ignasiak published a paper, From Shield to Sword; The evolution of Indigenous economic rights in Canada, highlighting the way in which many Indigenous communities have determined that it is in their interests to pursue the economic benefits of resource development.
On January 17, 2023, MLI hosted a webinar, Race to Resources? Canada’s new critical minerals strategy and its implications, on Canada’s strategy to invest in the mining of critical minerals in order to meet the country’s energy security needs and decrease our reliance on Russia and China.
On April 12, 2022, Jack Mintz and Ron Wallace published a paper, The global energy transition confronts East vs. West realpolitik: Why energy security matters, which warns that overly rapid transitions to net zero will invite serious unintended consequences to our economic resilience and regional security.
Papers, Publications, and Events:
MLI's Thought Leadership on Energy:
Indigenous voices will not be silenced by oppressive and paternalistic oil and gas “greenwashing” rules: John Desjarlais for Inside Policy
By John Desjarlais, November 26, 2024 It hasn’t been an easy few months for those in the oil and gas industry....
One trillion reasons why oilsands benefit Canada’s economy: Heather Exner-Pirot and Bryan Remillard in the Edmonton Journal
This article originally appeared in the Edmonton Journal. By Heather Exner-Pirot and Bryan Remillard, November 21, 2024 Sometime this financial...
Taking climate policy beyond borders through international cooperation: Jerome Gessaroli in Resource Works
This article was originally published by Resource Works as part of a series of five articles, Beyond Borders: The Global...
Completing transactions, building relationships – Lessons from Indigenous equity deals in the oil and gas sector: Justin Bourque and Heather Exner-Pirot
By Justin Bourque and Heather Exner-Pirot November 14, 2024 PDF of commentary The announcement of a billion-dollar-plus deal between Enbridge...
Canada and the Three Seas Initiative – Energy security through nuclear co-operation: George Christidis and Heather Exner-Pirot in the Globe and Mail
This article originally appeared in the Globe and Mail. By George Christidis and Heather Exner-Pirot, November 8, 2024 Advocates of...
Canada’s risky and misguided bet on EV battery manufacturing: Tom McCaffery and Denaige McDonnell for Inside Policy
By Tom McCaffery and Denaige McDonnell, October 23, 2024 Two years ago, Canada’s minister of natural resources urged Canadians “to...
MLI's Energy Experts:
“It is foolish and self-defeating for Canada to deny itself the full value of its natural resource endowment, especially in the context of dealing with the risks of climate change.”
– Brian Lee Crowley
