January 30, 2012
Another year and the energy story dominating the headlines should be no surprise – oil sands pipelines: specifically, Enbridge’s $5.5 billion northern gateway proposal and trans-Canada Pipelines’ $1.9 billion Keystone XL line.
On the eve of the gateway hearings, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver launched a broadside –...
November 23, 2011
OK, I jumped the gun, took a calculated risk and screwed up big time. I’ve taken a lot of (mostly good natured) flak for my last column, when I wrote about Alberta’s next premier – the Right Honourable Gary Mar.
September 28, 2011
Alberta’s next premier benefits from Washington experience
By the time you read this, the Alberta Progressive Conservative party will have chosen a new leader. As this is being written, it appears that the chosen one will be Gary Mar. All three candidates defeated on the first ballot in mid-September – Ted Morton, Rick Orman and Doug...
August 5, 2011
As we peons wrestle with the minutiae of the day-to-day routine (how do I get to the next screen in SAP? which meeting should I attend on Tuesday? where to go for lunch? salad, slaw or fries? gravy with those fries?), it’s comforting to know that the industry’s ‘big picture’ issues are seemingly in good hands.
At the CEO...
March 21, 2011
You know you’re reaching a certain vintage when your co-workers start referring to your ways and methods, with genuine or mock reverence, as “old school.” It’s an even stronger indication when they begin referring to you as a “fossil.”
