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Trudeau’s Second Carbon Tax: Opposition to the Clean Fuel Standard is about the wellbeing of Canadians, not partisanship

| By Dan McTeague

Our Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson has tried to dismiss backlash against the CFS as mere political partisanship. That suggests he means it is simply Conservative Party positioning. In dismissing any opposition to the Clean Fuel Standard as partisan, the Liberals are merely attempting to end all debate around the policy. They … Continued

Trudeau’s second carbon tax: Let’s get the name right

| By Dan McTeague

All of a sudden there is a lot of attention being paid to the Trudeau Government’s second carbon tax, the so-called Clean Fuel Standard (CFS). I have been writing about it for some time and am delighted to see more opinion leaders paying attention to it.  Journalists like John Ivison, and Anthony Furey have written … Continued

Hydrogen! Environmentalists newest golden child

| By Dan McTeague

The most recent golden child of the global climate alarmist movement (and therefore of our Prime Minister and his cabinet) is hydrogen.  Seamus O’Regan, our minister of Natural Resources, has jumped onto the hydrogen bandwagon. Gerald Butts, and the rest of the members of the Task Force for a Resilient Recovery, are big fans of … Continued

Electrification: Canada’s fast lane to a dark, cold future

| By Dan McTeague

The Trudeau government, and particularly Seamus O’Regan, our Minister of Natural Resources, are smitten with electricity. For them, electrifying everything is the means by which we will get to our illustrious goal of net-zero by 2050.  And leaders in the electricity industry seem happy to push this story. A recent article in Corporate Knights penned … Continued

How we all pay for Trudeau’s attack on Canada’s natural resource sector

| By Dan McTeague

In June 2020 the Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Seamus O’Regan, announced a new regulation that would improve the efficiency of environmental assessments for offshore exploratory drilling in Newfoundland by making it exempt from federal environmental impact assessment. That is quite a mouthful. What it really means is that exploratory offshore drilling off the … Continued

Trudeau’s second costly carbon tax

| By Dan McTeague

Summer is coming to an end, and the Trudeau government is preparing to roll out a brand-new carbon tax to cap off a year of high costs and financial struggles for Canadians.  What’s that? A new carbon tax? Yes, a new carbon tax.  Not “new and improved” – just new. The new tax that will … Continued

What’s happening in California and why Canadians should be watching

| By Dan McTeague

There has been a lot of chatter in Ottawa about Canada creating a “green” recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic recession. People within the Trudeau cabinet such as Catherine McKenna and Steven Guilbeault, and trusted confidants of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau such as Gerald Butts and Mark Carney, are true believers in … Continued

Mark Carney: new face, same facile strategy

| By Dan McTeague

Two days ago, Finance Minister Bill Morneau resigned in the wake of the WE scandals. Mr. Morneau said in his resignation announcement that he was no longer the “most appropriate person” for the job.  Morneau is right – he is not up to being the Minister of Finance. After all, he did “forget” to pay … Continued

Why Canada’s Conservatives must do more for affordable energy

| By Dan McTeague

As the end of the Conservative leadership race draws near, Canadians for Affordable Energy once again calls for the candidates to prioritize affordable energy over green ideology.  Three out of the four candidates (Peter MacKay, Erin O’Toole and Leslyn Lewis) have, for the most part, neglected to do so. In a piece for the National … Continued