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
Aren’t many more “kitchen table” issues than utility bills. Canadian politicians are not prepared for this predictable crisis.
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Electricity rates that have gone up 24% over the last three years. NB Power also plans to boost them another 4.75% next year, and possibly another 6.5% in each of the following two years. The higher costs have fueled a public backlash.
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NB Power has asked an American firm to build a controversial natural gas-diesel plant at a cost of more than $1 billion because without it, the province risks running out of electricity within three years. https://t.co/syP3HlOYr9
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People have been sleeping on this issue but lack of electricity supply has become an impediment for many businesses trying to spend their money in Canada. In many jurisdictions. Cheap, abundant electricity should be a Canadian advantage and we let it become a liability.
This story is incredible. Ontario is in the middle of an unemployment crisis. There is also rising controversy at Marineland. A Canadian-born investor wants to help solve these problems and bring $5B in investment to Niagara (one of the slowest growing regions of the country
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Is this…good news in the Ring of Fire? Webequie First Nation finishes Indigenous-led public review of the environmental assessment report, clears path toward Ring of Fire road https://t.co/xTMu3t9vHK
canadianminingjournal.com
Webequie First Nation has completed the 60-day public review of the draft environmental assessment report/impact statement (EAR/IS) for the proposed Webequie Supply […]
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I’m re-upping Tertzakian’s piece here - we can only fill one pipeline at a time. It’s gonna be keystone OR gateway to at least 2030 https://t.co/OGxMdyISo4
thehub.ca
How much industry investment would it take to fill the pipeline with new oil production?
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Carney doesn’t rule out new pipeline to B.C., repealing tanker ban and emissions cap https://t.co/oVUKd3mTUc
ctvnews.ca
As the federal government works towards its next batch of major projects, Prime Minister Mark Carney is not ruling out a new pipeline to the B.C. coast or lifting environmental policies like the...
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canadian and U.S. officials are in intense talks about which energy projects to pursue. "We have opportunities in the energy sector. There are many possible projects, including Keystone XL but there are others" said Carney. https://t.co/y3QEAsvtRH
wsj.com
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he and President Trump have discussed the development of energy projects that would help both countries, including the twice-rejected Keystone XL expansion...
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Must read for those interested in geopolitical dimensions of critical minerals. A European perspective on 8 strategic dimensions of China's manipulation and control of key raw materials. Canada has some capacity to supply redundancy and must do so ASAP. https://t.co/7dehK4jrWJ
iss.europa.eu
Critics blame Europe’s ‘summer of humiliation’ on the EU’s timidity in trade negotiations with President Trump. Yet the greater threat to European prosperity is Beijing’s twin strategy of flooding
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In total, 651 gas wells were approved by the BC regulator in the first half of this year, the most since 2008. 200 more have been given the go-ahead in the months since. “We have more rigs in BC now than we’ve had in a long, long, long time.” https://t.co/4SrBrPp8KP
bloomberg.com
As countries around the world scramble to secure fuel to run their power plants, natural gas has attracted energy producers to Canada’s westernmost province.
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Mitsubishi named an LNG carrier after Haisla Nation former Chief Councillor Crystal Smith Japan’s Mitsubishi is a partner in LNG Canada 💛
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Pipeline Push: Majority of Canadians, including B.C. residents support the idea of a pipeline to the north coast “These data may challenge the stance of Eby” in whose province “support significantly outweighs opposition (56% to 33%).” https://t.co/cT0UPiZWgM
angusreid.org
Fewer say it should receive a “fast-track”, but support outpaces opposition from coast-to-coast October 9, 2025 – A pipeline-related spat is playing out on social feeds in real time as B.C. Premier...
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“The province of Alberta … if they want to build, that’s something between Alberta and BC," Minister of Energy Hodgson said. “We’ve said we will be a constructive participant in that three-way discussion. The province of Alberta has some work to do.” https://t.co/BMtMHIiLO1
ctvnews.ca
The CEO of the Major Projects Office (MPO) told a House of Commons committee her 'aspiration' is for it to take 'four to five months' to determine if a proposed Alberta pipeline could make the major...
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Varcoe: As Halloween looms, fresh talk arises of reanimating Keystone XL — this time from PM to Trump “The truth is, Keystone is now looking like the easier lift. That’s an indictment of Canadian politics, process & purpose,” says @ExnerPirot
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#ableg #yyc
calgaryherald.com
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.@ExnerPirot asks a question I am asking myself, eastern pundits notwithstanding ... “What is the point of a country — in 2025 and all we’ve just been through in the past 10 months — that it still is easier to deal with the United States than between provinces."
"PM Carney may have de-railed Premier Smith’s strategy and avoided having to sort out a nasty situation between BC and AB and with some FN’s; however, he may also have given AB secessionists their best argument yet--with “never say never 51st State" Trump watching and waiting"
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Eby just setting a bonfire to his credibility this week
Let’s be clear about what Alberta is proposing: BC loses billions of dollars of major projects from private investors. AND Canadian taxpayers are forced to pay billions more because there is no interest from a private company. That’s not fair & fairness is a Canadian value.
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BP: Indian oil demand to grow by 68%, from 5.4 to 9.1 million bpd, by 2050 https://t.co/ggeaah6RCh
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
India's oil demand is set to surge by over 68% to 9.1 million barrels per day by 2050, driven by robust economic growth, making it the fastest-growing energy market globally. BP forecasts natural gas...
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