Nelson Bennett

In June 2023, Canada’s population crossed the 40 million threshold and has since grown to 41.5 million. But just two years after crossing that 40 million threshold, Statistics Canada reported Canada’s the first major quarterly population decline in decade... See more

Just reading the headlines, Canadians can be forgiven for thinking last week’s historic agreement between Alberta and Ottawa was all about oil and pipelines, and all about Alberta. It’s much bigger than that. The memorandum of understanding signed between... See more

Why B.C. is rewriting energy rules to decide who gets power and who doesn’t AI Article Summary British Columbia is rewriting its energy regulations in response to a surge in industrial demand. The province is bypassing regulators to expedite the construct... See more

Earlier this year, one of the largest equity investments by First Nations in B.C.’s energy sector was announced, the $715 million Stonlasec8 Indigenous Alliance agreement. The deal involves three dozen First Nations that now own 12.5 percent of Enbridge’s... See more

Goldcorp, Inco, Falconbridge and Nexen — Canada has lost a number of oil and mining giants to mergers and acquisitions over the past two decades. If Canada doesn’t want to lose another major mining company to a large multi-national and see its headquarter... See more