The Alberta election is officially underway, and early polls indicate the results will be close. Though there are several parties contesting this election, only two parties can win: the United Conservative Party (UCP), led by Premier Danielle Smith, and the Alberta NDP, led by former premier Rachel Notley. Rachel Notley served as Premier of Alberta … Continued
Get ready to pay more for … well, just about everything. In just a few days from now, on April 1st, Trudeau’s Federal Carbon Tax is set to increase – again – from $50 a ton to $65 a ton. This federal Carbon Tax increase will apply in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. This increase … Continued
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 31, 2023 Carbon Tax Increase to Bite Consumers on April 1st TORONTO (ON): Canadians for Affordable Energy (CAE) President Dan McTeague says the Carbon Tax increase that takes effect on Saturday, April 1st will hit consumers hard as energy prices remain high. Starting April 1st, the federal government plans to hike … Continued
I’ve been speaking a lot lately about “Just Transition” and Trudeau and the green Left’s plan to shut down the Canadian oil and gas sector and shift workers away from those “carbon intensive” jobs in the oil and gas sector into “sustainable” “green energy” jobs. On February 16th, the Trudeau government released its much anticipated … Continued
I’ve been talking a lot lately about the Trudeau government’s “Just Transition” agenda that Trudeau plans to introduce this spring. I will continue to sound the alarm on this because of the devastating effect it will have to our country and to our economy. And the hurt from this rather unjust “Just Transition” will be … Continued
It’s official! The Trudeau Liberal government’s “Just Transition” plan to kill the oil and gas industry is going forward! What is “Just Transition”? While the details of Liberals‘ plan are few, Trudeau’s “Just Transition” initiative confirms his plan to kill the oil and gas sector and is now focused on “helping” to shift workers away … Continued
In my previous blog post I started to lay out the various economy-killing legislation and policies that Trudeau and his green cabal have in store for Canadians in 2023. These include the Carbon Tax, which is set to increase on April 1, 2023, and the Clean Fuel Standard (or the Second Carbon Tax), which will … Continued
Everything the Trudeau government touches seems to get worse. That’s certainly been the case these past three years when it comes to the issue of energy affordability. Perhaps I should say “especially” when it comes to energy affordability. We are entering 2023 with skyrocketing prices, a national debt like we’ve never seen in Canadian history, … Continued
For years now we’ve been hearing about the wonders of electric vehicles (EVs). Enormous amounts of money have been spent by governments to entice people to buy them, from subsidies to free charging stations. Here in Canada, the Trudeau Liberals have already subsidised EVs at a cost of $1 billion. Another $680 million in the … Continued
It is amazing, with ever increasing energy costs in Canada and throughout the world, that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues to promote the extreme Green Agenda that will destroy Canada’s energy industry. The latest example? Just the other week, the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) released a study that describes how the Trudeau government’s proposed … Continued