Effective Utility Regulation: A Unifying Cause for a Divided America
The U.S has 50 sovereign states, five inhabited territories and 3.8 million square miles, with 320 million people and plenty of political differences […]
On February 8, 2018, after nearly two years of expert panel and parliamentary committee review, the federal Liberal government tabled Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend the Navigation Protection Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts. […]
Traditionally most decisions relating to the energy system have been in the hands of provincial or federal authorities. However a number of trends point to a growing authority on the part of municipal governments and Indigenous governments […]
1. Background The development of Quebec’s oil and gas industry in the last decade has been quite a saga. First, a good portion of its hydrocarbon reserves must be obtained through controversial methods like hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. Second, […]