Why the Oilsands Era Is Over Carbon pricing and low energy costs spell economic doom for Alberta megaprojects. By Ian Hussey 15 Feb 2018 | TheTyee.ca Ian Hussey is a political economist at the University of Alberta’s Parkland Institute, and a steering committee member and the Alberta research manager for the SSHRCC-funded Corporate Mapping Project. Syncrude’s oilsands processing plant.…
Only Fantasies, Desperation and Wishful Thinking Keep Pipeline Plans Alive There is no waiting Asian market for oilsands crude. In fact there’s no waiting market anywhere. By Mitchell Anderson , is a freelance writer based in Vancouver and a frequent contributor to The Tyee. “The bottom has already fallen out of many bitumen projects yet they stagger on,…
‘Peoplekind’ Is a Painful and Goofy Example of Trudeau’s Hollowness The prime minister’s constant use of progressive language contradicts his government’s actions. By Tom Parkin 9 Feb 2018 | TheTyee.ca Tom Parkin is a political writer and frequent media commentator with a social democratic perspective. Once again, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a display of his progressive…
Site C Risks ‘Death Spiral’ for BC Hydro, Says Watchdog Consumer Policy Institute warns of big rate hikes and pressure for taxpayer bailout. By Andrew Nikiforuk 2 Feb 2018 | TheTyee.ca Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist who has been writing about the energy industry for two decades and is a contributing editor to The Tyee. Find his previous…
An Open Letter from NDP Members About Site C An appeal to the provincial government to reconsider its decision. By Andrea Craddock, Rita Wong and Mary Madsen 2 Feb 2018 | TheTyee.ca Rita Wong is an NDP member from Vancouver-Mount Pleasant, Andrea Craddock is a member from North Island and Mary Madsen is a member from Kamloops. More than a hundred members…
Media Got the Minimum Wage Story Wrong Stories about projected job losses rely on outdated economics and ignore substantial expected benefits for workers. By Michal Rozworski 5 Jan 2018 | TheTyee.ca Michal Rozworski is a Toronto-based researcher and writer. He blogs at Political Eh-conomy where a version of this article first appeared. Find his articles previous published on The Tyee here. Minimum…
Loblaws Skates on Price-fixing, Tried to Send Homeless Man to Jail Canada’s justice system nods to the powerful while treating poor people like criminals. By Michael Spratt | TheTyee.ca Michael Spratt is a partner at the Ottawa based criminal law firm Abergel Goldstein & Partners. He is also an award-winning blogger and podcaster. His work can be found…
Donald Trump’s Russian sanctions disaster Bill Palmer Updated: 1:42 pm EST Tue Jan 30, 2018 Donald Trump could have had himself a rare good day Jan. 29th. All he had to do was abide by the law and implement new sanctions against Russia. He’d have gotten positive media coverage for it. The Republicans…
Trump-Russia scandal closes in on Devin Nunes Bill Palmer Updated: 8:49 pm EST Fri Dec 29, 2017 Devin Nunes has already spent 2017 exposing himself as the dumbest and most gullible member of the United States House of Representatives, unwittingly setting himself up as Donald Trump’s fall guy in the Trump-Russia scandal. Now that…
Legal expert: Devin Nunes is going to prison Bill Palmer Updated: 8:43 pm EST Thu Dec 28, 2017 For the better part of 2017, Congressman Devin Nunes has been acting guilty. He misused his role as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee to try to sabotage the committee’s investigation into Donald Trump’s Russia scandal. After…
