Or is carbon capture and storage (CCS) another climate blind alley? In a recent analysis from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, an environmental advocacy group and think tank, the topic of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) was put under the microscope. One takeaway from the report by Laura Cameron, one of its authors, is…
Canadian politicians need to follow their American counterparts and start fighting ESG Influential institutional investors and CEOs of large multinational corporations have begun to distance themselves from the so-called ‘movement’ known as Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards. Leading figures like Larry Fink, CEO of the multi-trillion-dollar asset management firm BlackRock, and Jamie Dimon, head…
Unveiling the biases in the IPCC Synthesis Report on climate change The discussion surrounding global warming, now labelled as climate change because there is no ‘warming’, has become a contentious topic driving public policy and garnering significant attention from governments and corporations worldwide. However, it is crucial to approach proposals for urgent action on climate…
Taxpayer Bill of Rights offers a solution to Canada’s perpetual spending crisis Ottawa has a spending problem, with a worrisome deficit and a debt service problem. Canada’s federal debt is about $1.2 trillion – roughly $30,000 per person, over $60,000 per household. Even worse, the debt is growing, with the current Liberal regime forecasting a…
The Volkswagen deal will ultimately hinder the economy’s overall growth potential, making all of us poorer In a stunning announcement, federal officials recently revealed that the Trudeau government will provide up to $13.8 billion to Germany’s Volkswagen for the construction and operation of an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Ontario. The funding will be…
Trudeau government policies actively and aggressively discourage strategic minerals development Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently visited the Saskatchewan Research Council’s experimental rare earth refining facility in Saskatoon to tout his government’s efforts to promote rare earth discovery, development, and extraction, along with the refining advances SRC has achieved. He and his ministers have been ‘talking…
Unlike those in Canada, Nordic ‘progressive’ voters are neither anti-business nor anti-capitalist Proponents of evermore expensive government social programs often point to other nations, usually in Scandinavia, as places Canada should emulate. These advocates call those nations, erroneously, Socialist or Social Democratic. However, they are not. It is important to recognize the difference between a…
Of course, the usual anti-human crusaders predictably decry this milestone Recently, the United Nations estimated that the population of Planet Earth had reached eight billion souls. Despite the chatter of the highly subsidized climate doomster complex, this is quite an achievement – it certainly indicates that the carrying capacity of our world is much higher…
And that will hurt your retirement
The National Post’s recent Canada Pension Plan investment philosophy profile notes that CPP Investment Board (CCPIB) managers have bought into the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) dogma with it comes to screening potential investments. Adhering to ESG limits when making investment decisions, however, exposes the over 20 million working and retired CPP members to added…
Canada has to step up to the plate and help its allies
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s recent visit to Atlantic Canada was an opportunity for a serious long-term strategy to address several different aims: European Union (EU) energy security, East Coast economic development, Canadian energy industry growth (and higher federal tax revenue), and the likely-alarmist crusade to lower carbon dioxide emissions. The result of his visit, unfortunately,…