It’s time for Canada to get serious about economic security: Heather Exner-Pirot for Inside Policy
This article was originally submitted as a letter to Global Affairs Canada’s consultations on potential new measures to advance and...
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:
Inside Policy: Rating Reconciliation
September 30, 2024 PDF of magazine From the editors In 1873, Treaty commissioners met with Anishinaabe leaders from what is...
Chasing the Wind: Edgardo Sepulveda in National Newswatch
This article originally appeared in National Newswatch. By Edgardo Sepulveda, September 23, 2024 Ontario taxpayers subsidize wind and solar electricity...
Chasing the wind – The value of wind generation in a low-emission nuclear and hydro-dominant grid: the case of Ontario
By Edgardo Sepulveda September 10, 2024 PDF of paper Executive Summary In 2018, the newly elected Ontario government passed one...
What should a Conservative climate policy look like? Hopefully Alberta’s: Heather Exner-Pirot in the Hub
This article originally appeared in the Hub. By Heather Exner-Pirot, September 5, 2024 A majority of Canadians think that Canada...
“Shovels in the ground” – is government policy finally on track to kickstart a carbon capture revolution?: Tom McCaffery and Denaige McDonnell for Inside Policy
By Tom McCaffery and Denaige McDonnell, September 3, 2024 Following the June 21, 2024, finalization of the Carbon Capture, Utilization,...
Securing the future – Canada’s deep geological repository for nuclear waste: Heather Exner-Pirot
By Heather Exner-Pirot August 26, 2024 PDF of commentary Introduction In the coming year, Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO)...
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
