How Indigenous participation can help drive the new nuclear age: Heather Exner-Pirot and Jesse McCormick in the Hub
This article originally appeared in the Hub. By Heather Exner-Pirot and Jesse McCormick, April 3, 2024 The need to decarbonize...
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:
True North strong? Chronic neglect has pushed Canada’s military into a crisis
Inside Policy March 28, 2023 PDF of magazine From the editors “Rely not on the likelihood of the enemy’s not...
Don’t overthink it, Canada—we need natural gas now more than ever: Heather Exner-Pirot in the Hub
This article originally appeared in the Hub. By Heather Exner-Pirot, March 27, 2024 Two provincial energy regulator decisions, released quietly...
Opportunity amid the chaos: Sergey Sukhankin
By Sergey Sukhankin March 22, 2024 PDF of Commentary Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has delivered plenty...
This is the end of the road for electric-vehicle subsidies: Heather Exner-Pirot in the Globe and Mail
This article originally appeared in the Globe and Mail. By Heather Exner-Pirot, March 21, 2024 When the Alberta government announced...
The Long-Awaited Nuclear-Energy Revival Shows Progress: Jon Hartley in National Review
This article originally appeared in National Review. Below is an excerpt from the article. By Jon Hartley, March 14, 2024...
Should we electrify everything? Tayler Amatto for Inside Policy
By Tayler Amatto, March 8, 2024 The notion of achieving seamless energy transition through widespread electrification appears enticing at first...
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
