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By Peter Nicholson – June 23, 2026 This essay is the first in a trilogy inspired by the original short-form article, A Pipeline Isn’t a Field of Dreams, published June 29, 2026, on SAGE Canada | Substack. Read part two and part three. The push for a major new pipeline connecting the oil sands to the British Columbia coast has become wrapped in larger symbolism—Is Canada committed to...
Canada and Alberta have agreed on the regulatory rules for a new pipeline. What might it still take for industry to invest in producing the oil to fill it? By Peter Nicholson – July 10, 2026 This essay is the second in a trilogy inspired by the original short-form article, A Pipeline Isn’t a Field of Dreams, published June 29, 2026, on SAGE Canada | Substack. Read part one and part...
In all the hoopla around the July 2 pipeline agreement, little notice has been paid to Ottawa’s reduced demands on the Pathways project partners By Peter Nicholson – July 14, 2026 This essay is the third in a trilogy inspired by the original short-form article, A Pipeline Isn’t a Field of Dreams, published June 29, 2026, on SAGE Canada | Substack. Read part one and part two. Prime...
By Peter NicholsonA Presentation to the Nova Scotia Offshore Wind R&D Forum; Halifax; September 24, 2025 Good afternoon, and thanks to our organizers, Net-Zero Atlantic, for the opportunity to outline why I believe, passionately but logically, in the nation-building power of Atlantic offshore wind energy. In the two years since publication of a paper for the Public Policy Forum in which I...
Canada’s provincial electricity systems are impressive but to make the country an energy superpower, they must be linked together. By Peter Nicholson and Rick Smith for The Hill Times, July 2, 2025 Faced with unpredictable and disruptive American trade aggression, nation-building projects are urgently needed to strengthen Canada’s economy and turn crisis into opportunity. The federal government’s...
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