Heather Exner-Pirot
@ExnerPirot
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Arctic/northern/Indigenous/rural/resource development. Director of Energy, Natural Resources and Environment @MLInstitute and Special Adviser @BizCouncilofCan
Calgary, Alberta
Joined October 2011
“It appears it’s a policy made in Ontario, for Ontario. And B.C. and Alberta are left picking up the tab,” said B.C.’s Minister of Jobs and Economic Growth. It costs ~$50/tonne to bring steel across the Pacific compared to $150-200 to bring steel from Ontario by rail.
Ottawa’s tightening steel tariffs rankle Western Canada
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Fascinating play by play of how the MOU was negotiated 👇🏻
Varcoe: Making of a 'grand bargain' — how Danielle Smith and Mark Carney forged an unlikely energy deal https://t.co/hU8L93QsV0
#ableg #yyc #yeg
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Climate change only mattered when there was little else to worry about, writes Anthony De Luca-Baratta https://t.co/ssTmOQDysF
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Europe is bowing at the altar of American LNG 🇪🇺🤝🇺🇸 The European Union plans to simplify ways for US exporters of LNG to comply with methane emission requirements (The EU depends a lot more on US LNG since losing Russian pipeline gas) https://t.co/4qZrvMuZvY
bloomberg.com
The European Union plans to simplify ways for US exporters of liquefied natural gas to comply with methane emission requirements that have drawn ire from the Trump administration.
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Manitoba Hydro published some of its generations plans, needed to stave off a midwinter energy shortage expected as soon as 2029. It includes new natural gas generation, wind, and energy saving measures to reduce peak loads https://t.co/vVg22600c4
cbc.ca
Manitoba Hydro plans to make 1,760 more megawatts of electricity — more than a quarter of its existing generating capacity — available to consumers within 10 years through a combination of energy-s...
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Great to join the Herle Burly to have a smart and sophisticated discussion on the policy implications of the fed-Alberta MOU 👇🏻
🗣 🎙 Canada-Alberta Pipeline MOU Double-Pod Double-Panel Policy & Politics Extravaganza. Greetings, you curiouser and curiouser Herle Burly-ites! We’ve got a special 2-part episode lined up for you today… a Canada-Alberta Pipeline MOU Double-Pod Double-Panel Policy & Politics
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“There are so many questions that need to be answered before we spend that kind of money,” said @ExnerPirot. “Before you go and put that kind of money into a project, at least answer, do your due diligence, and be transparent.” https://t.co/gtyQe6Brh8
nationalobserver.com
Ottawa’s vision for a billion-dollar “Arctic Security Corridor” is stirring both hope and hesitation in northern Canada.
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A government funded linear project with no route, no private proponent, referred to MPO but hasn’t consulted Indigenous nations yet? $60-$90 billion? Progressives will be furious First segment of high-speed rail plan will link Montreal and Ottawa https://t.co/aXXEKZdztJ
theglobeandmail.com
If approved, construction will begin in 2029 and the line will open around 2037
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The Federal government gave next year’s equalization amounts to provincial finance ministers. This map is a clear indication of which provinces are driving Canada’s economy and how the equalization formula disincentivizes economic growth.
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At a time when Ontario's economy is under attack, Ontario's plan now codifies and adds "economic growth” as a principal objective of Ontario’s energy agencies, including the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) and the Ontario Energy Board (OEB). More investment. A
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Natural resource value per capita 🇨🇦🥈 Canada is blessed with a phenomenal resource endowment, made all the more valuable in that it encompasses the full spectrum of oil, natural gas, uranium, base metals, fertilizer inputs and more.
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Not the Beaverton?
Eby accuses courts of jeopardizing B.C. economy, resource projects
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Despite oil prices <US$60/barrel, Canada’s largest producers are expected to hold spending flat while growing production. “Let’s be honest, at these prices, Canadian producers are still doing quite well. You’d have to see a lot lower price than this to impact producers.”
financialpost.com
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I’m actually shocked it has lasted as long as it has given its negative impact on politically prized Ontario suburbs. I can’t believe the emissions cap was scrapped first!
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Let’s see if the progressive wing of the Liberal caucus will insist on being on the wrong side of public opinion on yet another policy Less than a Third of Canadians Support the Federal Zero-Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Sales Mandate https://t.co/oqlc50EKmR
newsfilecorp.com
Ottawa, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - December 11, 2025) - A new poll on attitudes towards ZEVs found that less than one...
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The chutzpah of the year award goes to David Eby. 1. When conservative politicians criticize the courts, leftists like Eby decry it as an outrageous violation of judicial independence. 2. As a self described left wing activist lawyer who has said he was drawn to the law “in
Eby accuses courts of jeopardizing B.C. economy, resource projects
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Oil producers in the oil sands build animal crossings so pipelines don’t disrupt mobility of local species. This is what SAGD oil sands production looks like up close as there is 10x more infrastructure under than above the ground Great 📸 Alex
Good morning to all SAGD supporters from Cold Lake where the focus always was and always will be on responsible Canadian resource development. 🫡🪒
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CHINA AND THE OIL MARKET: Every year around this time, state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. publishes an estimate of when the country’s oil demand might peak. It keeps changing -- a lot.
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Inside the failed green revolutions at BP and Shell
ft.com
How the energy giants tried to transform their businesses — but ended up dramatically scaling back those plans and writing off billions of dollars
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Para 192 from the New Brunswick Court of Appeal: “a declaration of Aboriginal title over privately owned lands […] would sound the death knell of reconciliation with the interests of non-Aboriginal Canadians.”
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