Deficit spending by the Trudeau government will simply slow our recovery and handicap future generations
VICTORIA, B.C. April 7, 2016/ Troy Media/ — The federal government’s planned $30-billion budget deficit, to be followed by three more deficits totalling $113 billion, brings to mind former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s observation that “It’s not often that nations learn from the past, even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.”…
There is no justification for continuing to do business with the Saudis or selling our oil to the Americans for cut rates
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Blissfully unaware of the devastating impact of collapsed resource revenues on the entire nation
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We pay a significant cost for investing socially in ideas that can't be supported by fact
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How 50,000 delegates will be able to agree on anything is a mystery
Download this column on climate change Terms and Conditions of use VICTORIA, B.C. Nov. 16, 2015/ Troy Media/ - The odds are stacked against the delegates from 190 countries who will convene in Paris to seek a deal to cut global greenhouse gas emissions. Never mind that the meetings that begin on Nov. 30 mark the 21st…
Natural gas offers an enormous opportunity for a cleaner atmosphere
Download this column natural gas for your publication or website. FREE Terms and Conditions of use VICTORIA, BC Oct. 6, 2015/ Troy Media/ - On the final day of the June 2015 G7 summit in Germany, host Chancellor Angela Merkel announced the leaders had agreed on the need to “decarbonize the global economy in the…
The reality is that end users, including environmentalists, contribute the largest proportion of global GHG emissions
Download this column on fossil fuel hypocrisy for your publication or website. FREE with coupon Terms and Conditions of use VICTORIA, BC Sep 8, 2015/ Troy Media/ - Since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution in the mid 1700’s, fossil fuels have transformed mankind’s journey in almost every conceivable way. Agricultural production has soared, transportation…
Canada remains the only G-7 nation besides Germany not facing a major deficit
Download this column on Canada's economic record for your publication or website. FREE or Price starts at $8 Terms and Conditions of use VICTORIA, BC Aug 7, 2015/ Troy Media/ - Several years ago, a Globe and Mail Report on Business article highlighted the newspaper’s commitment to providing “perspective” in its news stories. I have long…
His anti-oil bias threatens the future economic stability of his province
Download this column on Quebec and Philippe Couillard for your publication or website. FREE with coupon Terms and Conditions of use VICTORIA, BC Jul 7, 2015/ Troy Media/ - TransCanada Corp.’s 4,600 kilometre Energy East Pipeline would carry Alberta crude oil to Middle-Eastern import dependent refineries in Quebec and New Brunswick. Last November, the Quebec…
