Blog - Fraser Forum

Since taking office, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley has been very aggressive on the climate file. Attempting to remedy what she portrayed as a history of environmental negligence by her predecessors , the premier swiftly increased and expanded Alberta’s carbon tax, placed a hard cap on carbon dioxide emissions, set stiff targets for reducing methane emissions, declared an accelerated phase-out of coal power generation, and promised to replace much of that power with costlier wind or solar power generation.

Growth of U.S. government spending and borrowing might crowd out private-sector investment in the U.S. from Canada.

If producers are free to manage supplies, then we get healthy competition and lower prices.

Political pressures surrounding attempts to attract or sustain investment from high-profile foreign businesses can be overwhelming.