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Germany’s rising energy prices are a cautionary tale for Canada

| By Dan McTeague

Here comes another cautionary tale about the dangers of “green energy.” This one is out of Germany – the green energy utopia of Europe.  Energy consumers in Germany are getting stuck with the bill for expensive clean energy contracts. Sounds familiar? It is the exact situation Ontarians find themselves in thanks to the notorious McGuinty-Wynne … Continued

Trudeau 2020 election: the growing threat to affordable energy

| By Dan McTeague

A fall 2020 election is looking more and more appealing to the Trudeau Liberals.  Nik Nanos, founder of Nanos Research, and Pollster Greg Lyle of Innovative Research said in a Hill Times article this week that fall 2020 is an ideal time for the Liberals to win back their majority.  This should set off alarm … Continued

Butts’ return means high prices for Canadians

| By Dan McTeague

Last week I wrote about Gerald Butts and his instrumental role in the disastrous McGuinty-Wynne era Green Energy Act in Ontario. As Butts returns to Ottawa as a member of the “Task Force for Resilient Recovery”, let’s recall his time in the Trudeau PMO and the climate obsession that marks everything he touches, always leaving … Continued

Hypocrisy of the greens; Michael Moore’s film removed from YouTube

| By Dan McTeague

The controversy surrounding Michael Moore’s new film, Planet of the Humans, grew this week when YouTube took it down due to a copyright claim.  Toby Smith, a nature photographer from the UK, accused Jeff Gibbs, the film’s director, of using 4 seconds of Smith’s proprietary footage, thereby violating fair usage. In a now deleted tweet, … Continued

Beware: Gerald Butts has returned to Ottawa

| By Dan McTeague

Gerald Butts, the former top advisor to Justin Trudeau who left government following the Jody Wilson-Raybould scandal, has returned to Ottawa. This time, he is working as a member of a new crack team task force called Resilient Recovery.  The task force, made up of green industry and environmental leaders, says its goal is to … Continued

Is LEEFF help, or another chance for Liberal virtue signaling?

| By Dan McTeague

The energy industry’s weekly reminder that the federal government is actually against them came last Wednesday with the announcement of the LEEFF fund.  LEEFF, or “Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility” is a COVID-19 era program that was created to provide loans to companies that can demonstrate approximately $300-million or more in annual revenues. Conditions apply.  … Continued

Carbon tax part two: the Clean Fuel Standard

| By Dan McTeague

What would life in Canada look like if September rolls around and Trudeau decides to call a snap election? According to the latest polls, he could win his majority back, and then would not need the support of any other parties to push through his agenda or approve his spending.  What would that mean for … Continued

Trudeau spends, Canadians pay

| By Dan McTeague

The COVID-19 pandemic has made one thing very clear: our government doesn’t seem to even contemplate affordability for Canadians. If we can stretch our minds back to the beginning of this lockdown, we will remember the Liberal government’s Emergency Bill rollout when Justin Trudeau tried to get power to tax and spend without parliamentary approval … Continued

The easiest route across Canada? The Panama Canal

| By Dan McTeague

It has been almost 3 years since the Energy East pipeline was abandoned. TransCanada cancelled the pipeline after the National Energy Board announced it would consider indirect greenhouse gas emissions in its review. The hostile and unstable regulatory environment created by Trudeau’s government drove away the Energy East pipeline as it almost drove away the … Continued

Green Party declares that “oil is dead”

| By Dan McTeague

According to former Green Party leader Elizabeth May, oil and gas are dead and the sector will not be a player in the post-COVID-19 world. Of course, May is wrong. But let’s indulge her green fantasy for just a minute. Imagine that this is true and May is right. Where in May’s green paradise will … Continued