Category Archives: Environment

Ontario endangered species campaign ignores bias in laws

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Joseph Quesnel

Some environmentalist organizations are embarking on a campaign to protest changes to Ontario’s endangered species laws, ignoring the anti-property bias of the existing law. Continue reading →

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Complete Surrender

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Publius

Over the space of two days late last week, the prior good reputation of Manitoba’s Public Utilities Board (PUB) was soiled and lost, perhaps forever.  Unfortunately, Manitobans have not only lost a check on Manitoba’s government-owned monopolies, but will have … Continue reading →

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Kudos to Environment Minister Peter Kent for giving Canadians a climate scare-free Earth Day

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Tom Harris

Happily, and perhaps unexpectedly, Canadian Environment Minister Peter Kent resisted the temptation to associate his Earth Day speech with the climate scare. In an announcement that included nothing at all about climate, global warming, greenhouse gases or carbon dioxide, Kent and his Alberta counter-part Diana McQueen instead discussed a practical, science-based plan to enhance public access to real pollution data from the oilsands.

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Show Trial on the Red

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Publius

Manitoba Public Utilities Review may not be all that it appears Continue reading →

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Overconfidence: the Achilles heel of global warming alarmists

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Tom Harris

What Canada 2020 panelists and organizers seem to not understand is that all planning for the future involves sensible risk assessment. This includes considering, not just the possible impacts of climate change, but also the likelihood of them actually coming about. And that means dealing with uncertainties. Lecturing Canadians about fictional global warming certainty when future climate states are anything but certain, does us all a disservice and, in the long run will sway no one not already committed to the scare.
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Canadian government joins Alberta premier in climate change/pipeline fantasy lobbying

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Tom Harris

This week Americans witnessed the bizarre spectacle of a Canadian government minister and a provincial premier promoting several impossible things at the same time. Continue reading →

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Media bamboozled into promoting another climate scare story

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Tom Harris

The new scientific paper “A Reconstruction of Regional and Global Temperature for the Past 11,300 Years” attempted to show that twentieth century “global temperature” rise was unusual when seen in the context of the period since the end of the last glacial. But their research demonstrated no such thing. In fact, it was not even possible for the researchers to come to such a conclusion, based on the data they collected and the computational methods they employed. Continue reading →

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To save Keystone XL, Canada needs leaders with the courage to lead, not simply pander to political correctness

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Tom Harris

Our leaders need to change tack quickly or Keystone XL is at risk of being rejected by the Obama administration due to a colossal public relations mistake. Continue reading →

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Taxation in the Guise of Utility Rate Increases

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Publius

Hydro has lost its intended focus on meeting Manitoba demand and bringing in electricity at the lowest cost possible for Manitoba ratepayers. The Utility’s development designs, based on overly optimistic forecasts of export demand and maintaining cost pressures on the new build, represent ‘gambling’ with ratepayers’ money. Continue reading →

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Canada can be more than a follower on climate change

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Tom Harris

Minister Kent told his audience in Guelph about “the important role of science in driving the development of world-class regulations in Canada”. Now is his chance to make this boast a reality on the climate file. Continue reading →

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Republican response to Obama throwing down the gauntlet on climate and energy was weak, wholly inadequate

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Tom Harris

Republican Senator Marco Rubio’s feeble response to President Obama throwing down the gauntlet on the nation’s energy policy. Continue reading →

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First Aboriginal-owned oil sands project could be wave of future

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Joseph Quesnel

A new business venture between a private oil junior and a Metis settlement in northern Alberta represents the first Aboriginal-run oil sands venture. This sort of 50-50 model represents the wave of the future, in terms of Aboriginal people entering the economy on a more equal field. Continue reading →

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