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#TBT: Trump’s ‘Annexation’ of Canada Has Already Begun. Here’s How Energy Alternatives Help Smother It.
Canadians don't want it. Neither do Americans. But Trump keeps talking about it. And nobody is coming to the rescue except all of us. Sierra Club of…
Feb 16, 2025 • Conor Curtis
How Donald Trump Will Come After Canada Next: With Corporate Lobbyists
Trump aims to leverage private sector power over other nations, especially through the tech and oil and gas sectors that are at the centre of Canada's…
Dec 20, 2025 • Conor Curtis
Trump’s ‘Annexation’ of Canada Has Already Begun. Here’s How Energy Alternatives Help Smother It.
Canadians don't want it. Neither do Americans. But Trump keeps talking about it. And nobody is coming to the rescue except all of us. Sierra Club of…
Jan 19, 2025 • Conor Curtis
Lesson from Venezuela: Carney Must Make 2026 the Year of Real Security
Day 3 of the new year and we already knew the mission, even before Trump bombed Caracas. Canada stood strong against annexation in 2025. In 2026…
Jan 3 • Mitchell Beer
Separatists Boo Smith While the Clueless Bros Pitch a Pipeline
With so little logic behind the Carney-Smith agreement, the unasked question is whether anyone is sweating the details or knows what they’re doing. If…
Nov 30, 2025 • Mitchell Beer
Where Are the Customers? Why the Idea of a Pipeline to Asia Is Built on a Fantasy
Asia is electrifying. It doesn't need or want Alberta's ultra heavy sour crude.
Dec 6, 2025 • Markham Hislop
Trust. Broken.
Carney seals the pipeline deal, and his energy minister touts a $43-billion taxpayer bailout as a good investment. Would you buy a used “energy…
Jul 5 • Mitchell Beer
Alberta's Dead Pipeline Walking
Asia's push for energy sovereignty is about to gut Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's pipeline ambitions, and PM Mark Carney's apparent interest in…
May 9 • Markham Hislop
Donald Trump’s Tariff-Mongering Has Unified Canada. He Has No Idea What He Has Unleashed.
Trump’s tariffs have Canadians stepping up to protect our country’s sovereignty. The right choices now will put us on a path to a green economy and…
Feb 3, 2025 • Mitchell Beer
The World Will Move On from Trump Tariffs. How Should a New Trading Bloc Show Up on Energy and Climate?
The “EU + 6”. The “Free 7”. Trump is the biggest loser, and the U.S. will hurt first and worst, as countries scramble for a saner global economy.
Apr 6, 2025 • Mitchell Beer
Now What? With Carbon Pricing Eroded and Pipeline Politics Advancing, Here Are the Pathways for Climate Success
This isn’t the way most of us expected Canada’s climate conversation to go. But it’s what we’ve got—this is our “world as it is”. So what’s next?
May 16 • Mitchell Beer
Carney’s Grand Bargain Isn’t With Alberta: It’s With the Rest of Us.
The Prime Minister and his team push oil pipelines and carbon capture megaprojects while you can "taste the air and feel the heat". They think we'll…
Jul 18 • Alex Cool-Fergus
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