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Foster: Shedding ugly green-policy fat (4)

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Jack

Growth and jobs are being created by oil and gas, not wind and solar When Ontario Finance Minister Dwight Duncan addressed the Economic Club of Canada on Monday, his only reference to energy was to how much more of it … Continue reading →

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Foster: Mixed messages

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Jack

This week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper went to Beijing to deliver a message to the U.S. , while Alberta Energy Minister Ted Morton came to Toronto to speak to B.C. Mr. Morton faced the tougher sell, which he attempted to … Continue reading →

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Foster: Obama loves oil! Not!

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Jack

Nothing more clearly indicates U.S. President Barack Obama’s economic muddledom and ideological stubbornness than the dog’s breakfast of energy policies revealed in Tuesday’s State of the Union address. The good news is that hydrocarbons are back (as long as you … Continue reading →

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Foster: Follow the Keystone money, then expose the misinformation

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Jack

Congressional Republican attempts to force U.S. President Barack Obama’s hand on the Keystone XL pipeline produced the required result on Wednesday, at least from the GOP perspective. The President gave the project the thumbs-down, and Republicans instantly castigated Mr. Obama … Continue reading →

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Foster: Another Swiss miss

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Jack

This has been a bad week for the Swiss national brand. First, there was the radical disconnect between the global regulatory aspirations of Philipp Hildebrand – defenestrated governor of the Swiss National Bank and vice-chairman of the macroprudentially panoptic Financial … Continue reading →

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Foster: The banker, the deal, his wife and their cover

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Jack

The resignation of Swiss National Bank chairman Philipp Hildebrand over his wife Kashya’s currency transactions may be seen as a personal tragedy or a national embarrassment, but it also raises questions about one of the other organizations from which Mr. … Continue reading →

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Foster: Saving Kyoto and the euro by Friday

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Jack

The foundering this week of not one but two experiments in megalomanic government pretension — the Kyoto Protocol and the European superstate — should provide cause for reflection about the limits of government. Instead, what we are seeing is desperate … Continue reading →

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Foster: Enbridge seizes the initiative from Keystone

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Jack

Last week’s U.S. State Department decision to delay the Keystone XL pipeline pending a new route through Nebraska was a clear loss for sponsor TransCanada Corp. It also appeared to be a major victory for environmental NGOs over Alberta’s oil … Continue reading →

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Foster: No Cannes do (24)

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Jack

This is a crisis not just of Greece or the eurozone, but of modern democracy The big news ahead of the G20 summit in Cannes on Thursday was that European leaders had told Greece that if it wanted a referendum … Continue reading →

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