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David Hughes

  • Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna on a 2016 World Bank / IMF panel to address commitments to move from the Paris Agreement to implementation. Photo: Simone D. McCourtie / <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/worldbank/">World Bank</a> / Flickr” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_dec2017_CanadaIsStill.jpg 900w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_dec2017_CanadaIsStill-300×133.jpg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_dec2017_CanadaIsStill-768×341.jpg 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px” /></a><div class=
    Climate Change
    Environment & Sustainability
    Fracking & LNG
    Policy Note

    Trans Mountain pipedreams and other energy follies: Why Canada needs a viable energy plan

    Like it or not, we need to plan for a major transition over the coming decades from our reliance on fossil fuels to renewable energy.…

  • Photo: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/markklotz/">Mark Klotz</a> / Flickr” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_may2018_TrudeauGovernmentJustification.jpg 900w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_may2018_TrudeauGovernmentJustification-300×133.jpg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/pn_may2018_TrudeauGovernmentJustification-768×341.jpg 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px” /></a><div class=
    Climate Change
    Policy Note

    Trudeau government justification for purchasing Trans Mountain project based on false premises

    So how sound are the claims being used to justify the federal government’s expenditure of up to $12 billion in taxpayer funds to purchase Kinder…

  • Energy Policy
    Environment & Sustainability

    Politics versus the future: Canada’s Orwellian energy standoff

    There is no denying the utility of fossil fuels, which meet 85% of the world’s energy needs. And consumption is rising along with emissions. Even…

  • Energy Policy
    Environment & Sustainability
    Reports

    Canada’s Energy Outlook

    Current realities and implications for a carbon-constrained future Download summary   2.64 MB | 28 pages Download full study   35.51 MB | 180 pages Canada faces…

  • Climate Change
    Policy Note

    Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline approval based on false assumptions

    Once the political reality of British Columbia is determined, next steps on energy projects like Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and the Site C…

  • Energy Policy

    Faulty assumptions, including tidewater price premiums, basis for Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline approval

    Once the political reality of British Columbia is determined, next steps on energy projects like Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and the Site C…

  • Energy Policy
    Environment & Sustainability

    Will the Trans Mountain Pipeline and tidewater access boost prices and save Canada’s oil industry?

    Download 2.93 MB42 pages One of the primary rationales for Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMEP) is to maximize the price for Alberta…

  • <a target="_blank" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/markklotz/">Mark Klotz</a> / Flickr” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” decoding=”async” loading=”lazy” srcset=”https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/policy-note-july-25-correcting-the-fraser-institute-credit-Mark-Klotz-flickr.jpeg 900w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/policy-note-july-25-correcting-the-fraser-institute-credit-Mark-Klotz-flickr-300×133.jpeg 300w, https://www.policyalternatives.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/policy-note-july-25-correcting-the-fraser-institute-credit-Mark-Klotz-flickr-768×341.jpeg 768w” sizes=”(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px” /></a><div class=
    Climate Change
    Environment & Sustainability
    Policy Note

    Correcting the Fraser Institute’s crude assumptions

    The Fraser Institute’s new report, The Costs of Pipeline Obstructionism, claims that lack of new export pipelines to tidewater is costing Canada $2.02–$6.4 billion dollars…

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