Here we are two weeks into a $50 dollar a ton Trudeau-Singh carbon tax – almost another 10 cents/litre on average for Canadians at the pumps Yes, this Trudeau-Singh increase applies only to the Prairies, Ontario and New Brunswick, but BC’s NDP government just whacked that province with its own massive carbon tax increase. And … Continued
Here we are one week into a $50 dollar a ton Trudeau-Singh carbon tax – almost another 10 cents/litre on average for Canadians at the pumps! And shortly we will all get our next monthly round bills: electricity and natural gas and propane and heating oil. All of these will be higher too. It will … Continued
As Vladimir Putin wreaks havoc in Ukraine, he rests confident knowing that Canada – one of the world’s most energy-rich nations – remains utterly incapable of doing anything to reduce Europe’s dependence on Russian oil and gas. The Europeans are, after all, the bank for Putin’s military aggression. Europe needs Russian oil and gas and … Continued
Prime Minister Trudeau travelled to the UK recently for meetings on the war in Ukraine, and his performance prompted some harsh media coverage there. One columnist noted that Canada’s image-conscious Trudeau was up to his tiresome “green energy” virtue-signaling, while saying nothing about what Europe actually needs – Canada’s energy resources. The piece summed up … Continued
Vowing to “get Brexit done” and “respect the democratic will of the British people”, Boris Johnson forged an unlikely winning coalition in 2019 with the “red wall”. Now these northern working- class Britons must be wondering how things would be different if Labour had won. Wholesale energy prices keep rising. Natural gas is 10 times … Continued
Like all of you, I am watching the price of everything rise fast – inflation is making life really expensive these days. And it is going to get worse, thanks to Trudeau’s carbon taxes. How much worse? This is the year Trudeau’s carbon tax will go to $50/tonne, from $40/tonne: a 25% increase. And they … Continued
As all Canadians come out of the Christmas holiday break and early January lockdowns and turn their minds back to work for the new year, we here at CAE are looking at what kind of year 2022 will be for energy affordability. Sorry folks, but in 2022 energy is going to be much more expensive. … Continued
You’ve heard of “the great reset” and probably even “net zero by 2050”. Another buzzword or phrase that is floating around these days is “just transition”. What is this? A “just transition” is the euphemism the green ideologues use to describe their plan to make your life more expensive, take away affordable energy, and continue … Continued
Now that COP26 has passed, and we have a moment’s respite as the globalists recover from their oh-so-important trip to Glasgow, we can think about the harm that is unfolding as a result of all that time and money wasted in Scotland. The COP crowd have a euphemism for that harm – they call it … Continued
So now for the 26th time world leaders are scrambling to make the COP meetings – the recently concluded extraordinary waste of time and money in Glasgow – look like progress. Albert Einstein is given credit for the expression that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is the definition … Continued