It is a singular honor to be the recipient of the inaugural ERQ Energy Bison, especially as the Kaiser Award has been established in memory of such a legendary pioneer in promoting Canadian energy regulation.[1] It is particularly fitting to […]

EDITORS’ NOTE It has been the practice since the launch of Energy Regulation Quarterly in 2013 to focus the Editorial in the first issue of each year on developments in Canadian energy regulation during the preceding calendar year. The incoming […]

Controversy about the scope of the federal government’s role in the environmental assessment of major projects, particularly resource and energy development projects, reached fever pitch with the introduction in 2018 of Bill C-69 for the Impact Assessment Act (IAA), labelled […]

Sadly, the first item in this issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly (ERQ) is an In Memoriam remembering Gordon E. Kaiser, the Managing Editor who was instrumental in the founding of ERQ more than 10 years ago, who died on May […]

Each year since the publication of the first issue in 2013, Energy Regulation Quarterly has included an invaluable review of recent “Developments in Administrative Law Relevant to Energy Law and Regulation” by Professor Emeritus David J. Mullan. After a long […]

The climate change debate is frequently clouded by extreme claims, sometimes imbued with zealotry, intolerance and denial. Extreme positions, on both sides, can exceed the bounds of intelligent discussion of facts, confusing the real issues and impeding the challenge of […]