The recent provincial election in B.C. has added a new wrinkle to the development of an expanded Kinder Morgan pipeline to the west coast. Christie Clark’s Liberals fell short in their bid to hold power, now relegated to the Opposition benches in favour of an NDP-Green Party coalition. Though approval for the Kinder Morgan pipeline lies outside of provincial jurisdiction, […]

For Immediate Release 2013 May 7   Although little known, Alberta’s $15 per tonne carbon tax is very popular among Albertans according to a recent ThinkHQ Public Affairs survey.   The poll, conducted in mid-April, reveals that fewer than 1/3 of Albertans (31%) are aware that Alberta currently has a levy on CO2 for large industrial emitters, with only 6% […]

“Glass, china and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended.” – Benjamin Franklin   Reputation is very much like a shadow cast on the sidewalk.  It’s a reflection – sometimes distorted and sometimes not – of what we are and do.  And reputations matter.  No matter if you are an individual, government or corporation, a reputation can ease or […]