Canada has ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets for 2030 (40-45% below 2005 levels) and net-zero by 2050. To meet these national goals, our oil and gas sector, which produces 27% of Canada’s national emissions, recognizes it must make significant...
Just a short seven months ago, during the height of the real estate frenzy, we wrote about deteriorating housing affordability in Canada. To recap, this is how it happened. During the pandemic, the Bank of Canada (BoC) dropped the policy interest rate to a record-low...
Over the last few months, consumers have been squeezed by high energy prices while energy companies have brought in more cash than they’ve seen in a decade. To some, this is a problem—one with an obvious solution: tax the additional profits of energy companies to...
Few things get Canadians talking more than gasoline prices. And this year we’ve seen some of the highest and most volatile prices ever. Because we don’t have a lot of short-term substitutes for gasoline, when prices rise it leads to lots of questions about why. Is it...
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