Energy
- CBC News: Why Canada just pumps out cheap oil April 20, 2012
April 20, 2012 - MLI's Brian Lee Crowley is quoted in a CBC News article today on the economics of oil refining. Here is what he has to say: Brian Lee Crowley of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute agrees that the economics of refining are tricky. “Anyt...
- Commentary: Natural Resources, National Confusion April 11, 2012
Ottawa must play major role in unlocking natural resource development across the country MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, April 11, 2012 - The world's insatiable appetite for Canada's twin endowments of vast natural resources and well-functioning institutio...
- Ottawa Citizen: Seeking a cure for pipeline madness March 24, 2012
March 24, 2012 - In his new column for the Ottawa Citizen, MLI's Brian Lee Crowley outlines several reforms that would help facilitate a more constructive focus to the National Energy Board's work while balancing opponents' rights to be heard wit...
- MLI Paper - Banning oil tankers on the West Coast: All pain, little gain March 14, 2012
MLI authors show ban would mean job losses, lower income, disputes with the U.S. and almost no discernible environmental benefits MEDIA RELEASE OTTAWA, March 14, 2012 – Recent opposition bills in Parliament have proposed a ban on oil tanker tra...
- MLI author Ross McKitrick in the Financial Post: Gas price up, but how about a $2.30 tax? February 25, 2012
February 25, 2012 - In today's Financial Post, MLI author and University of Guelph economics professor Ross McKitrick writes a column on how the costs far outweigh the benefits when it comes to reducing transportation-related GHG emissions. This column...
- Ottawa Citizen: Why Canada needn't fear the EU's oilsands politics February 25, 2012
February 25, 2012 - In today's Ottawa Citizen, MLI's Brian Lee Crowley discusses why we shouldn't care about how the EU will treat oil from Canada's oilsands. Crowley says, "Oil is a globally traded commodity and a decision by Europe not to buy Cana...
- MLI Paper: Gasoline tax would need to rise by $2.30 per litre to cut motor vehicle GHG emissions by 30 percent February 22, 2012
MLI author says that the costs far outweigh the benefits when it comes to reducing transportation-related GHG emissions MEDIA RELEASE February 22, 2012, Ottawa, ON – Canadians overwhelmingly depend on the convenience and savings of private auto...
- The Ottawa Citizen: Why we don't just refine the bitumen in Canada January 29, 2012
January 29, 2012 - In his latest column for the Ottawa Citizen, MLI's Brian Lee Crowley addresses why we don't process the oilsands here at home. An excerpt below: Forcing investments of billions of dollars in unproductive capacity and delaying oils...
