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The John Batchelor Show
58: Conrad Black discusses Canadian politics and trade, noting a misunderstanding between Prime Minister Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford regarding an anti-tariff ad that offended President Trump. Black reports that China's General Secretary Xi has b

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 9:18


Conrad Black discusses Canadian politics and trade, noting a misunderstanding between Prime Minister Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford regarding an anti-tariff ad that offended President Trump. Black reports that China's General Secretary Xi has been conciliatory toward both Canada and the US. Crucially, Canada needs pipelines built both east, west (Trans Mountain to Vancouver/Pacific), and south (Keystone XL) to move Alberta's oil. Carney's federal government tentatively agreed to approve a second pipeline to Northern British Columbia. 1893 

The John Batchelor Show
59: CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR 11-6-25 THE SHOW BEGINS IN THE DOUBTS ABOUT VENEZUELA. FIRST HOUR 9-915 Anatol Lieven discusses the institutionalization of the Ukraine war, highlighted by children being trained to fly drones in classroo

The John Batchelor Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 6:10


CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR 11-6-25 THE SHOW BEGINS IN THE DOUBTS ABOUT VENEZUELA. FIRST HOUR 9-915 Anatol Lieven discusses the institutionalization of the Ukraine war, highlighted by children being trained to fly drones in classrooms. This blend of new technology and old societal militarization creates a "bloodless war" perception, potentially making conflict psychologically easier. He also addresses the argument that "stagnating states" are militarizing to maintain power, fueling conflicts and reasserting spheres of influence (a "new economic Monroe Doctrine"). The US is critically involved, enabling Ukrainian targeting capabilities. 915-930 Anatol Lieven discusses the institutionalization of the Ukraine war, highlighted by children being trained to fly drones in classrooms. This blend of new technology and old societal militarization creates a "bloodless war" perception, potentially making conflict psychologically easier. He also addresses the argument that "stagnating states" are militarizing to maintain power, fueling conflicts and reasserting spheres of influence (a "new economic Monroe Doctrine"). The US is critically involved, enabling Ukrainian targeting capabilities. 930-945 Chris Riegel discusses how artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are transforming labor, citing modest IBM layoffs but predicting heavy impacts in large retail. Advanced robotics in Chinese auto manufacturing drives cost efficiency, and AI combined with robotics enhances manufacturing capability. While seeing demand, Riegel notes characteristics of a bubble, especially in wildly overvalued stock prices, fueled by vast investment in AI data centers. In QSRs and retail, AI adoption is driven by efficiency and, in places like California, high minimum wages. 945-1000 Mary Anastasia O'Grady discusses the strong US military presence near Venezuela, intended to pressure dictator Nicolás Maduro to leave. While the opposition (led by elected President González) is ready to govern, the Trump administration hesitates due to security concerns. The major risk is chaos: following Maduro's exit, drug cartels (like Cartel de los Soles) and other groups (like ELN and Tren de Aragua) might fight dissident generals, leading to instability rather than a smooth transition to democracy. SECOND HOUR 10-1015 Joel Finkelstein discusses how the New York election of socialist Zohran Mamdani was influenced by "subnationalism," where foreign nations subvert democracy. Organizations associated with Islamist Maoist ideals and CCP assets (like Neville Roy Singham, who bankrolled a campaign hub) were central to mobilizing votes. On social media, especially Instagram and TikTok, content favorable to Mamdani was given "engineered virality," with over 50% of viral engagement coming from non-American users, suggesting organized foreign intercession. 1015-1030 Ahmad Fouad Alkhatib discusses the high probability of renewed conflict in Gaza, arguing that the ceasefire is fragile due to Hamas's malign intentions. He estimates Hamas's combat-effective forces are significantly lower than reported (3,000 to 5,000, versus 15,000 to 30,000), noting Hamas pays fighters $20 to $25 a day. He also challenges polls showing widespread Gazan support for Hamas, arguing such results are manipulated and defy logic given the catastrophe following October 7. Disarmament is crucial for any future political process. 1030-1045 Ahmad Fouad Alkhatib argues that disarmament must precede any credible political process in Gaza, citing Hamas's use of medical facilities like Shifa and Nasser hospitals for interrogations and military activities. He criticizes Turkey and Qatar for using Hamas as a bargaining chip for regional leverage, suggesting they now posture Hamas as a potential security guarantor against ISIS. Alkhatib also suggests using Private Military Contractors (PMCs) as an enforcement force to actively fight Hamas and secure territory, given diminishing faith in an International Stabilization Force. 1045-1100 Gregg Roman details Turkey and Qatar's strategy to establish regional hegemony across "five fronts" by replacing the Shia Crescent. Turkey, providing military manpower, and Qatar, providing the budget, are active in Gaza, southern Lebanon, Syria, and Djibouti. Their plan includes securing maritime supremacy in the Eastern Mediterranean via an agreement with Libya and extending air power over Syrian airspace. Erdoğan seeks plausible deniability by empowering Syrian jihadis to attack the Golan Heights and is building bases in Djibouti and Somalia. THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 Professor Evan Ellis discusses Argentina's economic stabilization under President Milei, who resisted dollarization by bringing the peso to a stable, free-market rate through aggressive spending cuts and US/IMF support. This success under the new US "economic Monroe Doctrine" sends a strong signal to the Americas, aimed at countering China's rapid expansion. Ellis also reviews US military readiness near Venezuela and political shifts toward the center-right in Bolivia and potentially Chile, though these nations remain economically engaged with China. 1115-1130 Professor Evan Ellis discusses Argentina's economic stabilization under President Milei, who resisted dollarization by bringing the peso to a stable, free-market rate through aggressive spending cuts and US/IMF support. This success under the new US "economic Monroe Doctrine" sends a strong signal to the Americas, aimed at countering China's rapid expansion. Ellis also reviews US military readiness near Venezuela and political shifts toward the center-right in Bolivia and potentially Chile, though these nations remain economically engaged with China. 1130-1145 Professor Evan Ellis discusses Argentina's economic stabilization under President Milei, who resisted dollarization by bringing the peso to a stable, free-market rate through aggressive spending cuts and US/IMF support. This success under the new US "economic Monroe Doctrine" sends a strong signal to the Americas, aimed at countering China's rapid expansion. Ellis also reviews US military readiness near Venezuela and political shifts toward the center-right in Bolivia and potentially Chile, though these nations remain economically engaged with China. 1145-1200 Professor Evan Ellis discusses Argentina's economic stabilization under President Milei, who resisted dollarization by bringing the peso to a stable, free-market rate through aggressive spending cuts and US/IMF support. This success under the new US "economic Monroe Doctrine" sends a strong signal to the Americas, aimed at countering China's rapid expansion. Ellis also reviews US military readiness near Venezuela and political shifts toward the center-right in Bolivia and potentially Chile, though these nations remain economically engaged with China. FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 Veronique de Rugy critiques the administration's legal argument at the Supreme Court that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) authorizes the President to impose tariffs. She argues the term "emergency" is used too loosely, defining 50 years of trade deficits as an emergency, potentially granting the President immense, unchecked power to tax. Tariffs are taxes, which Congress should control. De Rugy notes tariffs are already causing damage by raising prices for consumers or forcing companies to cut profits and investment. 1215-1230 Alan Tonelson discusses the Supreme Court oral arguments concerning the President's authority to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The administration argues the President can invoke IEEPA due to emergencies like fentanyl and trade deficits. Tonelson finds arguments against including tariffs under IEEPA's regulatory language "jaw-dropping." He stresses that the President must have sole control over declaring foreign policy emergencies, necessary for rapid response. If rejected, the President has other longstanding tariffing powers. 1230-1245 Dr. AJ Kolhari discusses Russia's successful test of the nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, which flew 14,000 km for 15 hours. The missile captures and compresses air, heating it over a nuclear reactor to create thrust. Kolhari emphasizes the danger because it flies low (50 to 100 m) and is hard to detect. He notes this nuclear propulsion technology, or similar ramjet designs, could revolutionize commercial travel and be applied to flight on Mars, using its CO₂ atmosphere for heating. 1245-100 AM Conrad Black discusses Canadian politics and trade, noting a misunderstanding between Prime Minister Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford regarding an anti-tariff ad that offended President Trump. Black reports that China's General Secretary Xi has been conciliatory toward both Canada and the US. Crucially, Canada needs pipelines built both east, west (Trans Mountain to Vancouver/Pacific), and south (Keystone XL) to move Alberta's oil. Carney's federal government tentatively agreed to approve a second pipeline to Northern British Columbia.

The Arise Podcast
Season 6, Episode 12: Jenny McGrath and Organizer Mary Lovell Reality and Organizing in this moment

The Arise Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 50:11


Mary Lovell is a queer grassroots organizer, visual artist, and activist who has been fighting oil and gas infrastructure and for social justice for their adult life - living up in the Kitsap Penninsula they are working on their first book  and love working with people to build power in their communitiesWelcome to the Arise podcast. This is episode 12, conversations on Reality. And today we're touching on organizing and what does it mean to organize? How do we organize? And we talk to a seasoned organizer, Mary Lavelle. And so Mary is a queer, grassroots organizer, visual artist and activist who has been fighting oil and gas infrastructure and fighting for social justice in their adult life. Living in the Kitsap Peninsula. They're working on their first book and love working with people to build power in their communities. Join us. I hope you stay curious and we continue the dialogue.Danielle (00:02):Okay, Mary, it's so great to have you today. Just want to hear a little bit about who you are, where you come from, how did you land? I know I met you in Kitsap County. Are you originally from here? Yeah. Just take itMary (00:15):Away. Yeah. So my name is Mary Lovel. I use she or they pronouns and I live in Washington State in Kitsap County. And then I have been organizing, I met Danielle through organizing, but I've spent most of my life organizing against oil and gas pipelines. I grew up in Washington state and then I moved up to Canada where there was a major oil pipeline crossing through where I was living. And so that got me engaged in social justice movements. That's the Transmountain pipeline, which it was eventually built, but we delayed it by a decade through a ton of different organizing, combination of lawsuits and direct action and all sorts of different tactics. And so I got to try and learn a lot of different things through that. And then now I'm living in Washington state and do a lot of different social justice bits and bobs of organizing, but mostly I'm focused on stopping. There's a major gas build out in Texas and Louisiana, and so I've been working with communities down there on pressuring financiers behind those oil and gas pipelines and major gas export. But all that to say, it's also like everyone is getting attacked on all sides. So I see it as a very intersectional fight of so many communities are being impacted by ice and the rise of the police state becoming even more prolific and surveillance becoming more prolific and all the things. So I see it as one little niche in a much larger fight. Yeah,Yeah, totally. I think when I moved up to Canada, I was just finished high school, was moving up for college, had been going to some of the anti-war marches that were happening at the time, but was very much along for the ride, was like, oh, I'll go to big stuff. But it was more like if there was a student walkout or someone else was organizing people. And then when I moved up to Canada, I just saw the history of the nation state there in a totally different way. I started learning about colonialism and understanding that the land that I had moved to was unseated Tu Squamish and Musqueam land, and started learning also about how resource extraction and indigenous rights went hand in hand. I think in general, in the Pacific Northwest and Coast Salish territories, the presence of indigenous communities is really a lot more visible than other parts of North America because of the timelines of colonization.(03:29):But basically when I moved and had a fresh set of eyes, I was seeing the major marginalization of indigenous communities in Canada and the way that racism was showing up against indigenous communities there and just the racial demographics are really different in Canada. And so then I was just seeing the impacts of that in just a new way, and it was just frankly really startling. It's the sheer number of people that are forced to be houseless and the disproportionate impacts on especially indigenous communities in Canada, where in the US it's just different demographics of folks that are facing houselessness. And it made me realize that the racial context is so different place to place. But anyways, so all that to say is that I started learning about the combination there was the rise of the idle, no more movement was happening. And so people were doing a lot of really large marches and public demonstrations and hunger strikes and all these different things around it, indigenous rights in Canada and in bc there was a major pipeline that people were fighting too.(04:48):And that was the first time that I understood that my general concerns about climate and air and water were one in the same with racial justice. And I think that that really motivated me, but I also think I started learning about it from an academic standpoint and then I was like, this is incredibly dumb. It's like all these people are just writing about this. Why is not anyone doing anything about it? I was going to Simon Fraser University and there was all these people writing whole entire books, and I was like, that's amazing that there's this writing and study and knowledge, but also people are prioritizing this academic lens when it's so disconnected from people's lived realities. I was just like, what the fuck is going on? So then I got involved in organizing and there was already a really robust organizing community that I plugged into there, but I just helped with a lot of different art stuff or a lot of different mass mobilizations and trainings and stuff like that. But yeah, then I just stuck with it. I kept learning so many cool things and meeting so many interesting people that, yeah, it's just inspiring.Jenny (06:14):No, that's okay. I obviously feel free to get into as much or as little of your own personal story as you want to, but I was thinking we talk a lot about reality on here, and I'm hearing that there was introduction to your reality based on your education and your experience. And for me, I grew up in a very evangelical world where the rapture was going to happen anytime and I wasn't supposed to be concerned with ecological things because this world was going to end and a new one was going to come. And I'm just curious, and you can speak again as broadly or specifically if the things you were learning were a reality shift for you or if it just felt like it was more in alignment with how you'd experienced being in a body on a planet already.Mary (07:08):Yeah, yeah, that's an interesting question. I think. So I grew up between Renton and Issaquah, which is not, it was rural when I was growing up. Now it's become suburban sprawl, but I spent almost all of my summers just playing outside and very hermit ish in a very kind of farm valley vibe. But then I would go into the city for cool punk art shows or whatever. When you're a teenager and you're like, this is the hippest thing ever. I would be like, wow, Seattle. And so when I moved up to Vancouver, it was a very big culture shock for me because of it just being an urban environment too, even though I think I was seeing a lot of the racial impacts and all of the, but also a lot of just that class division that's visible in a different way in an urban environment because you just have more folks living on the streets rather than living in precarious places, more dispersed the way that you see in rural environments.(08:21):And so I think that that was a real physical shift for me where it was walking around and seeing the realities people were living in and the environment that I was living in. It's like many, many different people were living in trailers or buses or a lot of different, it wasn't like a wealthy suburban environment, it was a more just sprawling farm environment. But I do think that that moving in my body from being so much of my time outside and so much of my time in really all of the stimulation coming from the natural world to then going to an urban environment and seeing that the crowding of people and pushing people into these weird living situations I felt like was a big wake up call for me. But yeah, I mean my parents are sort of a mixed bag. I feel like my mom is very lefty, she is very spiritual, and so I was exposed to a lot of different face growing up.(09:33):She is been deep in studying Buddhism for most of her life, but then also was raised Catholic. So it was one of those things where my parents were like, you have to go to Catholic school because that's how you get morals, even though both of them rejected Catholicism in different ways and had a lot of different forms of abuse through those systems, but then they're like, you have to do this because we had to do it anyways. So all that to say is that I feel like I got exposed to a lot of different religious forms of thought and spirituality, but I didn't really take that too far into organizing world. But I wasn't really forced into a box the same way. It wasn't like I was fighting against the idea of rapture or something like that. I was more, I think my mom especially is very open-minded about religion.(10:30):And then my dad, I had a really hard time with me getting involved in activism because he just sees it as really high risk talk to me for after I did a blockade for a couple months or different things like that. Over the course of our relationship, he's now understands why I'm doing what I'm doing. He's learned a lot about climate and I think the way that this social movements can create change, he's been able to see that because of learning through the news and being more curious about it over time. But definitely that was more of the dynamic is a lot of you shouldn't do that because you should keep yourself safe and that won't create change. It's a lot of the, anyways,I imagine too getting involved, even how Jenny named, oh, I came from this space, and Mary, you came from this space. I came from a different space as well, just thinking. So you meet all these different kinds of people with all these different kinds of ideas about how things might work. And obviously there's just three of us here, and if we were to try to organize something, we would have three distinct perspectives with three distinct family origins and three distinct ways of coming at it. But when you talk about a grander scale, can you give any examples or what you've seen works and doesn't work in your own experience, and how do you personally navigate different personalities, maybe even different motivations for getting something done? Yeah,Mary (12:30):Yeah. I think that's one of the things that's constantly intention, I feel like in all social movements is some people believe, oh, you should run for mayor in order to create the city environment that you want. Or some people are like, oh, if only we did lawsuits. Why don't we just sue the bastards? We can win that way. And then the other people are like, why spend the money and the time running for these institutions that are set up to create harm? And we should just blockade them and shift them through enough pressure, which is sort of where I fall in the political scheme I guess. But to me, it's really valuable to have a mix where I'm like, okay, when you have both inside and outside negotiation and pressure, I feel like that's what can create the most change because basically whoever your target is then understands your demands.(13:35):And so if you aren't actually clearly making your demands seen and heard and understood, then all the outside pressure in the world, they'll just dismiss you as being weird wing nuts. So I think that's where I fall is that you have to have both and that those will always be in disagreement because anyone doing inside negotiation with any kind of company or government is always going to be awkwardly in the middle between your outside pressure and what the target demand is. And so they'll always be trying to be wishy-washy and water down your demands or water down the, yeah. So anyways, all that to say is so I feel like there's a real range there, and I find myself in the most disagreements with the folks that are doing inside negotiations unless they're actually accountable to the communities. I think that my main thing that I've seen over the years as people that are doing negotiations with either corporations or with the government often wind up not including the most directly impacted voices and shooing them out of the room or not actually being willing to cede power, agreeing to terms that are just not actually what the folks on the ground want and celebrating really small victories.(15:06):So yeah, I don't know. That's where a lot of the tension is, I think. But I really just believe in the power of direct action and arts and shifting culture. I feel like the most effective things that I've seen is honestly spaghetti on the wall strategy where you just try everything. You don't actually know what's going to move these billionaires.(15:32):They have huge budgets and huge strategies, but it's also if you can create, bring enough people with enough diverse skill sets into the room and then empower them to use their skillsets and cause chaos for whoever the target is, where it's like they are stressed out by your existence, then they wind up seeding to your demands because they're just like, we need this problem to go away. So I'm like, how do we become a problem that's really hard to ignore? It's basically my main strategy, which sounds silly. A lot of people hate it when I answer this way too. So at work or in other places, people think that I should have a sharper strategy and I'm like, okay, but actually does anyone know the answer to this question? No, let's just keep rolling anyways. But I do really going after the financiers or SubT targets too.(16:34):That's one of the things that just because sometimes it's like, okay, if you're going to go after Geo Corp or Geo Group, I mean, or one of the other major freaking giant weapons manufacturers or whatever, it just fully goes against their business, and so they aren't going to blink even at a lot of the campaigns, they will get startled by it versus the people that are the next layer below them that are pillars of support in the community, they'll waffle like, oh, I don't want to actually be associated with all those war crimes or things like that. So I like sub targets, but those can also be weird distractions too, depending on what it is. So yeah, really long. IDanielle (17:24):Dunno how you felt, Jenny, but I feel all those tensions around organizing that you just said, I felt myself go like this as you went through it because you didn't. Exactly. I mean nothing. I agree it takes a broad strategy. I think I agree with you on that, but sitting in the room with people with broad perspectives and that disagree is so freaking uncomfortable. It's so much just to soothe myself in that environment and then how to know to balance that conversation when those people don't even really like each other maybe.Mary (17:57):Oh yeah. And you're just trying to avoid having people get in an actual fight. Some of the organizing against the banger base, for instance, I find really inspiring because of them having ex submarine captains and I'm like, okay, I'm afraid of talking to folks that have this intense military perspective, but then when they walk away from their jobs and actually want to help a movement, then you're like, okay, we have to organize across difference. But it's also to what end, it's like are you going to pull the folks that are coming from really diverse perspectives further left through your organizing or are you just trying to accomplish a goal with them to shift one major entity or I dunno. But yeah, it's very stressful. I feel like trying to avoid getting people in a fight is also a role myself or trying to avoid getting invites myself.Jenny (19:09):That was part of what I was wondering is if you've over time found that there are certain practices or I hate this word protocols or ways of engaging folks, that feels like intentional chaos and how do you kind of steward that chaos rather than it just erupting in a million different places or maybe that is part of the process even. But just curious how you've found that kind ofMary (19:39):Yeah, I love doing calendaring with people so that people can see one another's work and see the value of both inside and outside pressure and actually map it out together so that they aren't feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of one sort of train of thought leading. Do you know what I mean? Where it's like if people see all of this DC based blobbing happening, that's very much less so during the current administration, but for example, then they might be frustrated and feel like, where is our pressure campaign or where is our movement building work versus if you actually just map out those moments together and then see how they can be in concert. I feel like that's my real, and it's a bit harder to do with lawsuit stuff because it's just so much not up to social movements about when that happens because the courts are just long ass processes that are just five years later they announced something and you're like, what?(20:53):But for the things that you can pace internally, I feel like that is a big part of it. And I find that when people are working together in coalition, there's a lot of communities that I work with that don't get along, but they navigate even actively disliking each other in order to share space, in order to build a stronger coalition. And so that's to me is really inspiring. And sometimes that will blow up and become a frustrating source of drama where it's like you have two frontline leaders that are coming from a very different social movement analysis if one is coming from economic justice and is coming from the working class white former oil worker line of thinking. And then you have a community organizer that's been grown up in the civil rights movement and is coming from a black feminism and is a black organizer with a big family. Some of those tensions will brew up where it's like, well, I've organized 200 oil workers and then you've organized a whole big family, and at the end of the day, a lot of the former oil workers are Trumpers and then a lot of the black fam is we have generations of beef with y'all.(22:25):We have real lived history of you actually sorting our social progress. So then you wind up in this coalition dynamic where you're like, oh fuck. But it's also if they both give each other space to organize and see when you're organizing a march or something like that, even having contingent of people coming or things like that, that can be really powerful. And I feel like that's the challenge and the beauty of the moment that we're in where you're like you have extreme social chaos in so many different levels and even people on the right are feeling it.Danielle (23:12):Yeah, I agree. I kind of wonder what you would say to this current moment and the coalition, well, the people affected is broadening, and so I think the opportunity for the Coalition for Change is broadening and how do we do that? How do we work? Exactly. I think you pinned it. You have the oil person versus this other kind of family, but I feel that, and I see that especially around snap benefits or food, it's really hard when you're at the government level, it's easy to say, well, those people don't deserve that dah, dah, dah, right? But then you're in your own community and you ask anybody, Hey, let's get some food for a kid. They're like, yeah, almost no one wants to say no to that. So I don't know, what are you kind of hearing? What are you feeling as I say that?Mary (24:11):Yeah, I definitely feel like we're in a moment of great social upheaval where I feel like the class analysis that people have is really growing when have people actually outright called the government fascist and an oligarchy for years that was just a very niche group of lefties saying that. And then now we have a broad swath of people actually explicitly calling out the classism and the fascism that we're seeing rising. And you're seeing a lot of people that are really just wanting to support their communities because they're feeling the impacts of cost of living and feeling the impacts of all these social programs being cut. And also I think having a lot more visibility into the violence of the police state too. And I think, but yeah, it's hard to know exactly what to do with all that momentum. It feels like there's a huge amount of momentum that's possible right now.(25:24):And there's also not a lot of really solid places for people to pour their energy into of multiracial coalitions with a specific demand set that can shift something, whether it be at the state level or city level or federal level. It feels like there's a lot of dispersed energy and you have these mass mobilizations, but then that I feel excited about the prospect of actually bringing people together across difference. I feel like it really is. A lot of people are really demystified so many people going out to protests. My stepmom started going out to a lot of the no kings protests when she hasn't been to any protest over the whole course of her life. And so it's like people being newly activated and feeling a sense of community in the resistance to the state, and that's just really inspiring. You can't take that moment back away from people when they've actually gone out to a protest.(26:36):Then when they see protests, they know what it feels like to be there. But yeah, I feel like I'm not really sure honestly what to do with all of the energy. And I think I also have been, and I know a lot of other organizers are in this space of grieving and reflecting and trying to get by and they aren't necessarily stepping up into a, I have a strategy, please follow me role that could be really helpful for mentorship for people. And instead it feels like there's a bit of a vacuum, but that's also me calling from my living room in Kitsap County. I don't have a sense of what's going on in urban environments really or other places. There are some really cool things going on in Seattle for people that are organizing around the city's funding of Tesla or building coalitions that are both around defunding the police and also implementing climate demands or things like that. And then I also feel like I'm like, people are celebrating that Dick Cheney died. Fuck yes. I'm like, people are a lot more just out there with being honest about how they feel about war criminals and then you have that major win in New York and yeah, there's some little beacons of hope. Yeah. What do you all think?Jenny (28:16):I just find myself really appreciating the word coalition. I think a lot of times I use the word collective, and I think it was our dear friend Rebecca a couple of weeks ago was like, what do you mean by collective? What are you saying by that? And I was struggling to figure that out, and I think coalition feels a lot more honest. It feels like it has space for the diversity and the tensions and the conflicts within trying to perhaps pursue a similar goal. And so I just find myself really appreciating that language. And I was thinking about several years ago I did an embodied social justice certificate and one of the teachers was talking about white supremacy and is a professor in a university. I was like, I'm aware of representing white supremacy in a university and speaking against it, and I'm a really big believer in termites, and I just loved that idea of I myself, I think it's perhaps because I think I am neurodivergent and I don't do well in any type of system, and so I consider myself as one of those that will be on the outside doing things and I've grown my appreciation for those that have the brains or stamina or whatever is required to be one of those people that works on it from the inside.(29:53):So those are some of my thoughts. What about you, Danielle?Danielle (30:03):I think a lot about how we move where it feels like this, Mary, you're talking about people are just quiet and I know I spent weeks just basically being with my family at home and the food thing came up and I've been motivated for that again, and I also just find myself wanting to be at home like cocoon. I've been out to some of the marches and stuff, said hi to people or did different things when I have energy, but they're like short bursts and I don't feel like I have a very clear direction myself on what is the long-term action, except I was telling friends recently art and food, if I can help people make art and we can eat together, that feels good to me right now. And those are the only two things that have really resonated enough for me to have creative energy, and maybe that's something to the exhaustion you're speaking about and I don't know, I mean Mary A. Little bit, and I know Jenny knows, I spent a group of us spent years trying to advocate for English language learners here at North and in a nanosecond, Trump comes along and just Fs it all, Fs up the law, violates the law, violates funding all of this stuff in a nanosecond, and you're like, well, what do you do about that?(31:41):It doesn't mean you stop organizing at the local level, but there is something of a punch to the gut about it.Mary (31:48):Oh yeah, no, people are just getting punched in the gut all over the place and then you're expected to just keep on rolling and moving and you're like, alright, well I need time to process. But then it feels like you can just be stuck in this pattern of just processing because they just keep throwing more and more shit at you and you're like, ah, let us hide and heal for a little bit, and then you're like, wait, that's not what I'm supposed to be doing right now. Yeah. Yeah. It's intense. And yeah, I feel that the sense of need for art and food is a great call. Those things are restorative too, where you're like, okay, how can I actually create a space that feels healthy and generative when so much of that's getting taken away? I also speaking to your somatic stuff, Jenny, I recently started doing yoga and stretching stuff again after just years of not because I was like, oh, I have all this shit all locked up in my body and I'm not even able to process when I'm all locked up. Wild. Yeah.Danielle (33:04):Yeah. I fell in a hole almost two weeks ago, a literal concrete hole, and I think the hole was meant for my husband Luis. He actually has the worst luck than me. I don't usually do that shit meant I was walking beside him, I was walking beside of him. He is like, you disappeared. I was like, it's because I stepped in and I was in the moment. My body was like, oh, just roll. And then I went to roll and I was like, well, I should put my hand out. I think it's concrete. So I sprained my right ankle, I sprained my right hand, I smashed my knees on the concrete. They're finally feeling better, but that's how I feel when you talk about all of this. I felt like the literal both sides of my body and I told a friend at the gym is like, I don't think I can be mortal combat because when my knees hurt, it's really hard for me to do anything. So if I go into any, I'm conscripted or anything happens to me, I need to wear knee pads.Jenny (34:48):Yeah. I literally Googled today what does it mean if you just keep craving cinnamon? And Google was like, you probably need sweets, which means you're probably very stressed. I was like, oh, yeah. It's just interesting to me all the ways that our bodies speak to us, whether it's through that tension or our cravings, it's like how do we hold that tension of the fact that we are animal bodies that have very real needs and the needs of our communities, of our coalitions are exceeding what it feels like we have individual capacity for, which I think is part of the point. It's like let's make everything so unbelievably shitty that people have a hard time just even keeping up. And so it feels at times difficult to tend to my body, and I'm trying to remember, I have to tend to my body in order to keep the longevity that is necessary for this fight, this reconstruction that's going to take probably longer than my life will be around, and so how do I keep just playing my part in it while I'm here?Mary (36:10):Yeah. That's very wise, Jenny. I feel like the thing that I've been thinking about a lot as winter settles in is that I've been like, right, okay, trees lose their leaves and just go dormant. It's okay for me to just go dormant and that doesn't mean that I'm dead. I think that's been something that I've been thinking about too, where it's like, yeah, it's frustrating to see the urgency of this time and know that you're supposed to be rising to the occasion and then also be in your dormancy or winter, but I do feel like there is something to that, the nurturing of the roots that happens when plants aren't focused on growing upwards. I think that that's also one of the things that I've been thinking a lot about in organizing, especially for some of the folks that are wanting to organize but aren't sure a lot of the blockade tactics that they were interested in pursuing now feel just off the table for the amount of criminalization or problems that they would face for it. So then it's like, okay, but how do we go back and nurture our roots to be stronger in the long run and not just disappear into the ether too?Danielle (37:31):I do feel that, especially being in Washington, I feel like this is the hibernation zone. It's when my body feels cozy at night and I don't want to be out, and it means I want to just be with my family more for me, and I've just given myself permission for that for weeks now because it's really what I wanted to do and I could tell my kids craved it too, and my husband and I just could tell they needed it, and so I was surprised I needed it too. I like to be out and I like to be with people, but I agree, Mary, I think we get caught up in trying to grow out that we forget that we do need to really take care of our bodies. And I know you were saying that too, Jenny. I mean, Jenny Jenny's the one that got me into somatic therapy pretty much, so if I roll out of this telephone booth, you can blame Jenny. That's great.Mary (38:39):That's perfect. Yeah, somatics are real. Oh, the cinnamon thing, because cinnamon is used to regulate your blood sugar. I don't know if you realize that a lot of people that have diabetes or insulin resistant stuff, it's like cinnamon helps see your body with sugar regulation, so that's probably why Google was telling you that too.Jenny (39:04):That is really interesting. I do have to say it was one of those things, I got to Vermont and got maple syrup and I was like, I don't think I've ever actually tasted maple syrup before, so now I feel like I've just been drinking it all day. So good. Wait,Mary (39:29):That's amazing. Also, it's no coincidence that those are the fall flavors, right? Like maple and cinnamon and all the Totally, yeah. Cool.Danielle (39:42):So Mary, what wisdom would you give to folks at whatever stage they're in organizing right now? If you could say, Hey, this is something I didn't know even last week, but I know now. Is there something you'd want to impart or give away?Mary (39:59):I think the main thing is really just to use your own skills. Don't feel like you have to follow along with whatever structure someone is giving you for organizing. It's like if you're an artist, use that. If you're a writer, use that. If you make film, use that, don't pigeonhole yourself into that. You have to be a letter writer because that's the only organized thing around you. I think that's the main thing that I always feel like is really exciting to me is people, if you're a coder, there's definitely activists that need help with websites or if you're an accountant, there are so many organizations that are ready to just get audited and then get erased from this world and they desperately need you. I feel like there's a lot of the things that I feel like when you're getting involved in social movements. The other thing that I want to say right now is that people have power.(40:55):It's like, yes, we're talking about falling in holes and being fucking exhausted, but also even in the midst of this, a community down in Corpus Christi just won a major fight against a desalination plant where they were planning on taking a bunch of water out of their local bay and then removing the salt from it in order to then use the water for the oil and gas industry. And that community won a campaign through city level organizing, which is just major because basically they have been in a multi-year intense drought, and so their water supply is really, really critical for the whole community around them. And so the fact that they won against this desal plant is just going to be really important for decades to come, and that was one under the Trump administration. They were able to win it because it was a city level fight.(42:05):Also, the De Express pipeline got canceled down in Texas and Louisiana, which is a major pipeline expansion that was going to feed basically be a feeder pipeline to a whole pipeline system in Mexico and LNG export there. There's like, and that was just two weeks ago maybe, but it feels like there's hardly any news about it because people are so focused on fighting a lot of these larger fights, but I just feel like it's possible to win still, and people are very much feeling, obviously we aren't going to win a lot of major things under fascism, but it's also still possible to create change at a local level and not the state can't take everything from us. They're trying to, and also it's a fucking gigantic country, so thinking about them trying to manage all of us is just actually impossible for them to do it. They're having to offer, yes, the sheer number of people that are working for ICE is horrific, and also they're offering $50,000 signing bonuses because no one actually wants to work for ice.(43:26):They're desperately recruiting, and it's like they're causing all of this economic imbalance and uncertainty and chaos in order to create a military state. They're taking away the SNAP benefits so that people are hungry enough and desperate enough to need to steal food so that they can criminalize people, so that they can build more jails so that they can hire more police. They're doing all of these things strategically, but also they can't actually stop all of the different social movement organizers or all of the communities that are coming together because it's just too big of a region that they're trying to govern. So I feel like that's important to recognize all of the ways that we can win little bits and bobs, and it doesn't feel like, it's not like this moment feels good, but it also doesn't, people I think, are letting themselves believe what the government is telling them that they can't resist and that they can't win. And so it's just to me important to add a little bit more nuance of that. What the government's doing is strategic and also we can also still win things and that, I don't know, it's like we outnumber them, but yeah, that's my pep talk, pep Ted talk.Mary (45:18):And just the number of Canadians that texted me being like, mom, Donny, they're just like, everyone is seeing that it's, having the first Muslim be in a major political leadership role in New York is just fucking awesome, wild, and I'm also skeptical of all levels of government, but I do feel like that's just an amazing win for the people. Also, Trump trying to get in with an endorsement as if that would help. It's hilarious. Honestly,Mary (46:41):Yeah. I also feel like the snap benefits thing is really going to be, it reminds me of that quote, they tried to bury us, but we were seeds quote where I'm just like, oh, this is going to actually bite you so hard. You're now creating an entire generation of people that's discontent with the government, which I'm like, okay, maybe this is going to have a real negative impact on children that are going hungry. And also it's like to remember that they're spending billions on weapons instead of feeding people. That is so radicalizing for so many people that I just am like, man, I hope this bites them in the long term. I just am like, it's strategic for them for trying to get people into prisons and terrible things like that, but it's also just woefully unstrategic when you think about it long term where you're like, okay, have whole families just hating you.Jenny (47:57):It makes me think of James Baldwin saying not everything that's faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it's faced. And I feel like so many of these things are forcing folks who have had privilege to deny the class wars and the oligarchy and all of these things that have been here forever, but now that it's primarily affecting white bodies, it's actually forcing some of those white bodies to confront how we've gotten here in the first place. And that gives me a sense of hope.Mary (48:48):Oh, great. Thank you so much for having me. It was so nice to talk to y'all. I hope that you have a really good rest of your day, and yeah, really appreciate you hosting these important convos. Well, first I guess I would have to believe that there was or is an actual political dialogue taking place that I could potentially be a part of. And honestly, I'm not sure that I believe that.

Argus Media
The Crude Report: TMX Series: December cargo exports poised to rise

Argus Media

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2025 10:15


In the latest episode of the Crude Report: TMX Series, Argus Americas Crude west coast reporter John Cordner talks with deputy editor Amanda Smith about Canadian crude exports via the Trans Mountain pipeline. Increased production and more favorable arbitrage economics are expected to boost waterborne exports from the Vancouver area. Topics discussed: Although most Canadian crude exports head to the US, last year's Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion (TMX) has provided the conduit to export an average of 440,000 b/d to the US west coast and Asia this year. Canadian and condensate production is projected to reach a record 5.05mn b/d in the fourth quarter, increasing the need for export capacity. December TMX export volumes may match March's record levels of 530,000 b/d, with indications suggesting the heavy Canadian waterborne fob Vancouver premium to inland prices in Alberta will be high enough to make pipeline flows more lucrative.

rose bros podcast
#244: Ian Anderson (Trans Mountain) - 40 Years of Building Canadian Infrastructure

rose bros podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 74:55


Greetings, and welcome back to the podcast. This episode we are joined by Mr. Ian Anderson - former CEO of Trans Mountain Corp. & Kinder Morgan Canada Inc. Mr. Anderson retired in 2022 after 17 years as the CEO and President of Trans Mountain Corp, and predecessor companies, including  Kinder Morgan Canada Inc. Mr. Anderson had a 44 year career in the utility and midstream pipeline industry with such companies as Inter City Gas, Westcoast Energy, BC Gas, Kinder Morgan, and most recently with the federally owned Trans Mountain.Mr. Anderson is now an Executive Advisor to Stonepeak Capital, he sits on the Board of Backwoods Energy Services, an Alexis Nation owned company, and he is also on the Board of Resourceworks. Ian is active in the charitable community of Calgary and has sat on numerous Boards and campaigns.Among other things we learned about 40 Years of Building Canadian Infrastructure.Thank you to our sponsors.Without their support this episode would not be possible:Connate Water SolutionsATB Capital MarketsEPACAstro Rentals JSGEVASupport the show

Power and Politics
Carney taps Trans Mountain chair to lead Major Projects Office

Power and Politics

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2025 45:23


The federal Major Projects Office officially opened Friday. Parliamentary secretary to the minister of energy Corey Hogan says Canadians won't 'have to wait long' for the list of national-interest projects the office will help fast-track, and defends the appointment of a veteran energy executive as the office's CEO. Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman slams the opening as 'bureaucracy' and argues it's taken the Liberal government 'five months to set up an office.' Plus, Canada's Ambassador to Ukraine Natalka Cmoc says Russian strikes on Ukraine's capital this week were 'devastating' and hit 'every district of Kyiv.'

The Bill Kelly Podcast
China is Buying More Canadian Oil, Thanks to Trump's Tariffs

The Bill Kelly Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2025 11:08


Let's take a look at Canada's evolving trade relationship with China, as rising US tariffs force a rethink of our economic dependencies. With Donald Trump ramping up tariff threats and Prime Minister Mark Carney pushing back, the Canadian government is making a calculated pivot toward China—now the top buyer of Canadian crude oil via the Trans Mountain pipeline. In Episode 190, we'll discuss how Canada's renewed focus on China–Canada trade includes efforts to eliminate tariffs on key exports like canola and seafood, and how trade diversification is becoming central to Carney's economic vision. But this isn't blind optimism—Carney is clear that engagement with China must be deliberate and strategic, not naive.Don't forget to like, follow and subscribe across our channels! Thank you.This episode was recorded on: August 1, 2025Become a YouTube channel member or paid SubStack subscriber to hear Bill's stories and life lessons from 50+ years as a broadcast journalist in his members-only series, MORAL OF THE STORY: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeUbzckOLocFzNeY1D72iCA/joinListen to The Bill Kelly Podcast everywhere: https://kite.link/the-bill-kelly-podcastSubStack: billkelly.substack.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBillKellyPodcast/featuredBlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thisisbillkelly.bsky.socialLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thisisbillkelly/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebillkellypodcastFacebook: https://facebook.com/TheBillKellyPodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisisbillkelly/*Comment ‘likes' on behalf of this channel are an acknowledgment of your comment, not necessarily an endorsement of its contents. Thanks for joining these critical discussions in critical times!CHAPTERS00:00 Economic Relations with China: A New Perspective02:53 Canada's Oil Trade and Economic Diversification05:48 Navigating Trade Challenges and Opportunities09:00 Future Prospects: Expanding Trade PartnershipsFURTHER READINGChina's record purchases of Canadian crude could be a harbinger of more deals to comehttps://www.ctvnews.ca/world/trumps-tariffs/article/eric-ham-chinas-record-purchases-of-canadian-crude-could-be-a-harbinger-of-more-deals-to-come/Premiers call for improved relationship with China during trade war with the U.S.https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/trade-trump-and-china-dominate-final-day-of-premiers-gathering/U.S., EU agree to framework for trade deal that puts 15% tariff on European goodshttps://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-eu-trade-deal-tariff-1.7595078China-Canada Relations: High Tariffs and Low Trusthttps://opencanada.org/china-canada-relations-high-tariffs-and-low-trust/South Korea pitches Canada on $20B-plus plan for subs, armoured vehicleshttps://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/south-korea-canada-submarines-artillery-defence-1.7523180With US trade war, China now top buyer for Canadian crude on Trans Mountain pipelinehttps://www.reuters.com/business/energy/with-us-trade-war-china-now-top-buyer-canadian-crude-trans-mountain-pipeline-2025-05-16/?utm_source=chatgpt.comHASHTAGS#News#Politics#BreakingNews#PoliticalNews#PoliticalCommentary#NewsToday#NewsUpdates#NewsCommentary#PoliticalCommentary#CanadaNews#TodayNews#Tariffs#TrumpTariffs This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit billkelly.substack.com/subscribe

West of Centre
Less fire and more finesse

West of Centre

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2025 49:04


In the dead of summer, a shift in tone appears to be taking hold between Canada's premiers and the prime minister.On this week's West of Centre, three Alberta-based journalists examine what may be driving Premier Danielle Smith's recent change in rhetoric. At the latest premiers' summit, Smith downplayed talk of a new oil pipeline and instead emphasized on shared priorities with B.C. Premier David Eby — including ammonia exports, LNG expansion and increasing Trans Mountain's capacity.Meghan Potkins of the Financial Post offers a reality check on the private sector's appetite for a new pipeline. Lisa Johnson of The Canadian Press and Alex Boyd of the Toronto Star explore whether more in-person engagement — and a new prime minister — may be shifting the dynamic among provincial leaders. And to what political end?The panel also unpacks renewed controversy over coal payouts. The Alberta government is now facing millions more in potential liabilities after reversing its policy on coal development in the Rockies — raising the prospect of further legal and political fallout.Attention then turns to the Battle River–Crowfoot byelection, where federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre faces a ballot featuring some 200 names. Is it a genuine complaint, or a pre-emptive explanation for what could be a lower vote share in one of the country's safest Conservative ridings?The episode ends on a sobering note. Globe and Mail reporter Carrie Tait was recently targeted with surveillance. The panel reflects on rising hostility toward journalists, and how it threatens not just the press, but the public's access to information.Host: Rob Brown | Producer & editor: Falice Chin | Guests: Meghan Potkins, Lisa Johnson, Alex Boyd

West of Centre
Short: The prolonged calm before the next oil price swing

West of Centre

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2025 25:32


Despite wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, a resurgent Donald Trump threatening global trade, and the world increasing supply, crude prices haven't swung wildly like they once did. In fact, 2024 marked one of the most stable years for oil prices in decades, and the first half of 2025 has more or less followed suit.So what's behind this unusual calm in a chaotic world?On this episode of West of Centre Short, energy analyst Susan Bell of Rystad Energy breaks down what's anchoring post-pandemic global oil prices — and why Canada has proven more resilient than expected. From OPEC's evolving playbook to U.S. shale discipline and the impact of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, we unpack the new rules of the game. That includes the political calculus behind Saudi Arabia's more cautious approach, as it balances domestic reforms, regional influence and long-term energy strategy.But the era of stability may not last. Bell flags the early warning signs — and what could trigger the next big shift.Host: Rob Brown | Producer & editor: Falice Chin | Guest: Susan Bell

ARC ENERGY IDEAS
Shipping Canadian Oil to Tidewater: What's Next for Trans Mountain

ARC ENERGY IDEAS

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2025 42:22


This week, our guest is Mark Maki, Chief Executive Officer of Trans Mountain Corporation. The original Trans Mountain pipeline was built in 1953, and the Expansion Project was completed just over one year ago, nearly tripling the pipeline's capacity to 890,000 B/d (from 300,000 B/d).  Here are some of the questions that Jackie and Peter asked Mark: How much do you expect to pay your shareholder (the Canadian Government) in 2025 and 2026? What are the logistics of moving the oil by tanker? Where are the tankers going, and what type of crude is shipped in the pipeline? How has the pipeline improved Canadian oil prices? What is the expected timing for a resolution on the tolls, as a Canadian Energy Regulator (CER) hearing is currently underway that could adjust the cost for shipping oil? What is the potential to increase pipeline flows, and is there potential for a northern leg as proposed in the early days of the expansion? The Federal Government has stated it plans to sell the pipeline; do you have any updates on that and the potential timing? What are your thoughts on Bill C-5 and the potential for this type of legislation to avoid the high costs and many delays faced by the Trans Mountain Expansion?Content referenced in this podcast: Globe and Mail, “Trans Mountain expects to pay federal government $1.25 billion in 2025” (May 2025)Financial Post, “Canada must maximize existing pipelines before building more, Guilbeault says” (May 2025) Financial Post, “Northern Leg to Trans Mountain pipeline attracts interest amid brewing trade war” (February 2025)Please review our disclaimer at: https://www.arcenergyinstitute.com/disclaimer/ Check us out on social media: X (Twitter): @arcenergyinstLinkedIn: @ARC Energy Research Institute Subscribe to ARC Energy Ideas PodcastApple PodcastsAmazon MusicSpotify 

RBN Energy Blogcast
Did You Ever Know That You're My Hero? - One Year In, Trans Mountain Reaches Record Crude Shipments

RBN Energy Blogcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 11:08


Energy News Beat Podcast
UK goes Bonkers on Green Energy

Energy News Beat Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 24:49


In this episode of the Energy News Beat Daily Standup, the hosts, Stuart Turley and Michael Tanner discuss the challenges and implications of the UK's energy transition, including the retraining of oil and gas workers for clean energy jobs, the risks of overreliance on renewable energy, and the rising costs of the Net Zero crusade. They also cover President Trump's Gulf tour and significant energy agreements with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE, and the ongoing debate over the future of the Green New Deal. The hosts highlight the changing dynamics in the energy market, including the impact of the Trans Mountain pipeline on Canadian oil exports and a slowdown in U.S. oil and gas drilling.Highlights of the Podcast 00:00 - Intro02:03 - Britain's Plan to Retrain Oil and Gas Workers for Clean Energy Jobs04:37 - The UK's Green Energy Transition Faces Critical Slowdown Amid Growing Concerns06:49 - Net Zero crusade by Ed Miliban is adding billions to their broken system.08:34 - President Trump's Gulf tour inks significant energy and technology agreements with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE.12:28 - Republicans have one last chance to kill the “Green New Scam” subsidies forever14:07 - The Trans Mountain oil pipeline in Canada has changed the export market for Canadian crude17:40 Markets Update19:34 - Rig Count Update19:41 - Frac Count Update19:52 - U.S. Oil and Gas Drillers Backing Off or Slowing Down23:53 - OutroPlease see the links below or articles that we discuss in the podcast.Britain's Plan to Retrain Oil and Gas Workers for Clean Energy JobsThe UK's Green Energy Transition Faces Critical Slowdown Amid Growing ConcernsNet Zero crusade by Ed Miliban is adding billions to their broken system.President Trump's Gulf tour inks significant energy and technology agreements with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE.Republicans have one last chance to kill the “Green New Scam” subsidies foreverThe Trans Mountain oil pipeline in Canada has changed the export market for Canadian crudeU.S. Oil and Gas Drillers Backing Off or Slowing DownFollow Stuart On LinkedIn and TwitterFollow Michael On LinkedIn and TwitterENB Top NewsEnergy DashboardENB PodcastENB SubstackENB Trading DeskOil & Gas Investing– Get in Contact With The Show –

The Vassy Kapelos Show
Free For All Friday

The Vassy Kapelos Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 75:14


Free For All Friday - Hour 1 Amanda Galbraith breaks down today's biggest stories with Canada's top newsmakers. On today's show: Richard Masson, Executive Fellow in the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy and former CEO of the Alberta Petroleum Marketing Commission, on pipelines in Canada including TransMountain following new minister comments including whether or not national expansion makes sense Dr. Anabela Bonada, Managing Director, Climate Science, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo, on the wildfire season for 2025, what we can expect, and how to potentially prepare for poor conditions Eric Alper, Music Expert and Publicist, on the best songs for a May long weekend road trip Free For All Friday - Hour 2 Hosts from all over the country join the roundtable to discuss this week's five biggest news stories. Attending today's session are Jeff Rutledge, Vice President, McMillian Vantage, and Kathleen Wynne, Former Premier of Ontario and Ontario Liberal leader from 2013-18. Ontario's budget deficit balloons to tackle tariffs while the federal government is tabling a fall economic statement instead: does anyone care about budgets and deficits anymore? What changed? What do we make of the new cabinet picks? Changes were not as bold as some people expected and it was a messy transition with comments from Guilbeault, Robertson, and others coming under fire, while others like Hodgson had better starts. Elections Canada and Terrebonne: Why not just count the ballots or do a recount? Is it a bad look on Elections Canada to the general public to not just roll with it? What do you want to see from The Hudson’s Bay IP now that Canadian Tire has it? If stores aren’t coming back, what would draw your attention? What are your favourite May long weekend / road trip songs and traditions?

ARC ENERGY IDEAS
Made in Canada: Changes Needed for Fortune and Opportunity

ARC ENERGY IDEAS

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 39:46


This week on the podcast, we discuss Peter's recent articles in The Hub: “There's a fortune to be made in Canada -  if only we'd seize the opportunity,” and “It's going to take more than diplomacy and defense spending to secure Canada's sovereignty.” The podcast begins with a bit of history, looking back at a 1950s article on the potential to make a fortune in Canada. While the country is still endowed with vast natural resources, investing in Canadian resources has become more complex over the past few decades. The challenge is evidenced by an estimated $150+ billion in projects canceled, withdrawn, or denied and the $50 billion in foreign exits from the Canadian oil and gas industry over the past decade. Another example is the surge of LNG export capacity growth in the US, while in comparison Canada has had tepid investment.Peter and Jackie then discuss some ideas for attracting investors based on conversations over the past month, sparked by President Trump's threat of tariffs and annexation. These include ideas for fast-tracking Canadian trade-enabling infrastructure, including expediting projects that project proponents are already advancing.Content referenced in this podcast:IPSOS poll showing Liberals have a lead (Feb 25, 2025)Politico article, the viciousness of Trump's climate attacks stuns even his critics (Feb 22, 2025)S&P study on the economic impact of US LNGMacdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) article on Germany's LNG acceleration law by Heather Exner-Pirot (January 15, 2024)Financial Post article Northern Leg to Trans Mountain pipeline attracts interest amid brewing trade war (Feb 21, 2025)Please review our disclaimer at: https://www.arcenergyinstitute.com/disclaimer/ Check us out on social media: X (Twitter): @arcenergyinstLinkedIn: @ARC Energy Research Institute Subscribe to ARC Energy Ideas PodcastApple PodcastsAmazon MusicSpotify 

Hotel Pacifico
"A centrist alternative" with Karin Kirkpatrick

Hotel Pacifico

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 80:03


Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. 

Shaye Ganam
Freeland v. Carney, Trans Mountain Delivers, Fake Reviews

Shaye Ganam

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 53:48


Liberal leadership race is closed, who is the front runner? Trans Mountain pipeline expansion makes good on profitable promises. And fake reviews, how have they become the internet's perfect Crime? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lawyered
96: Transportation Law (Heather Devine)

Lawyered

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 47:27


This week, we're getting a move on with a conversation about transportation law, featuring Heather Devine, the Chief Legal Officer of TRAFFIX. Topics: Ontario's new regulation of the towing sector, carrier confirmation sheets and new Competition Act merger rules. This program contains 30 minutes of substantive content for the Law Society of Ontario's CPD requirements. ⚫ How will large scale pipeline projects proceed in light of a new SCC constitutionality finding about the federal environmental assessment framework? (7:48)⚫ What do we know about the federal government's proposed regulations to cap oil and gas emissions? (18:48)⚫ How can a new tool, known as a Carbon Contracts for Difference, help to de-risk emission reduction projects? (27:20)⚫ Our Ask-Me-Anything segment, featuring questions submitted by patrons of the Lawyered community (35:13)⚫ What are some of the current/recent legal challenges facing major pipeline projects, like Trans Mountain? (36:00)

The Big Story
A story of pipelines, consultants and conflicts of interest

The Big Story

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2024 18:24


The federal government—as well as the government-owned crown corporation Trans Mountain—has paid tens of millions of dollars in two separate contracts to McKinsey and Company, one of the world's premier consulting firms. One of the contracts was given to offer advice on clean technology, despite McKinsey also working with some of the world's largest fossil fuel companies.The other, worth far more, was to find efficiencies in the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project—a project already billions of dollars over budget and well behind schedule. What did the government get for its money? Did it know about the conflicts of interest before signing the deal? Why throw millions at a project already well behind? Just how much do we know about how the government spends money on these contracts, anyway?GUEST: Mike De Souza, Director of Enterprise and Investigations, The Narwhal We love feedback at The Big Story, as well as suggestions for future episodes. You can find us:Through email at hello@thebigstorypodcast.ca Or by calling 416-935-5935 and leaving us a voicemailOr @thebigstoryfpn on Twitter

Lawyered
95: Oil and Gas Law (Vivek Warrier)

Lawyered

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 52:29


On this episode, we learn about oil and gas law from Vivek Warrier - the president of the Canadian Energy Law Foundation and partner with Osler's Calgary office. Topics: SCC's constitutionality decision regarding the Impact Assessment Act, emissions reduction targets, and Carbon Contracts for Difference. This program contains 30 minutes of substantive content for the Law Society of Ontario's CPD requirements. ⚫ How will large scale pipeline projects proceed in light of a new SCC constitutionality finding about the federal environmental assessment framework? (7:48)⚫ What do we know about the federal government's proposed regulations to cap oil and gas emissions? (18:48)⚫ How can a new tool, known as a Carbon Contracts for Difference, help to de-risk emission reduction projects? (27:20)⚫ Our Ask-Me-Anything segment, featuring questions submitted by patrons of the Lawyered community (35:13)⚫ What are some of the current/recent legal challenges facing major pipeline projects, like Trans Mountain? (36:00)

ARC ENERGY IDEAS
Honourable Christy Clark on Politics and Energy

ARC ENERGY IDEAS

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 36:37


This week, our guest is the Honourable Christy Clark, the 35th Premier of British Columbia and Canada's longest-serving female Premier. Christy Clark is currently a Senior Advisor for Bennett Jones LLP.Politics is top of mind for energy decision-makers with the upcoming US election, Canadian federal by-elections, the possibility of an early federal election in Canada, and a provincial election next month in Christy Clark's home province of British Columbia.Here are some of the questions Jackie and Peter asked Christy Clark:Are you surprised that the NDP has been slipping in the polls in BC? Explain the BC United Party (former BC Liberal Party) recently folding into the Conservative Party of BC. Is there potential for the provincial Conservative Party to win in BC next month? Is climate change still an important issue for BC voters? You worked to get BC's LNG industry started, with over 15 potential projects expected at one point; what is your view on the industry now? Is more electrical generation capacity needed to meet future demand, besides the Site C hydro dam? Now that it has started, how do people feel about the Trans Mountain expansion oil pipeline? With the federal NDP ripping up their agreement to cooperate with the Liberals, do you expect the federal election will occur sooner than October 2025? What are the chances that Justin Trudeau will withdraw from the federal Liberal leadership before the election? Do you have any federal political aspirations?Content referenced in this podcast:Current polling of BC provincial election at 388canada.com Please review our disclaimer at: https://www.arcenergyinstitute.com/disclaimer/  Check us out on social media: X (Twitter): @arcenergyinstLinkedIn: @ARC Energy Research Institute Subscribe to ARC Energy Ideas PodcastApple PodcastsAmazon MusicSpotify 

The Clean Energy Show
Alberta Oil Country Weeps Over Its Lost Nature

The Clean Energy Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 47:52


One of the most beautiful places on earth has been ravaged by an unfightable wildfire. Ironically, the crews spent some of their time protecting a fossil fuel pipeline. Vermonters can get up to $6,000 towards a new EV if their old car was damaged in extreme flooding amplified by climate change. An East Coast city is saving money by buying wind power for its citizens. The grinch power company isn't happy about losing out. The Olympic city of Paris is going green with a big emphasis on dedicated bike paths between Olympic venues.  Host Conversation: Brian discusses watching the Olympic opening ceremonies. James talks about the impact of smoke on photography and the use of EV chargers in Jasper. James plans a road trip and notes the changes in charging infrastructure over the past year. Brian shares an update on Cummins and hydrogen powertrains. Main Stories: Vermont EV Incentive: Vermonters can get up to $6,000 to swap flood-damaged cars for EVs. Read more Jasper Wildfire: An intense wildfire in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, with efforts to protect the Trans Mountain pipeline. Read more Paris Olympic Cycling: Paris is implementing dedicated bike paths and emphasizing clean energy sources for the Olympics. Read more Saint John Wind Farm: The Burchill wind farm in Saint John is undercutting power utility prices by more than half. Read more Lightning Round: A 12-kilowatt solar array on a church roof in Compton, Los Angeles, will cut the congregation's bills roughly in half. US electricity generation forecast for the next 9 months includes significant increases in solar, wind, and battery power. A lawsuit in Saskatchewan argues that expanding gas-fired electricity generation violates Charter rights. A CES Fast Fact™ from Dr. Paul Dorfman: 67% of energy produced by a nuclear plant is lost as waste heat. China doubles cash subsidies to propel EV sales as economic growth falls short. A Brazilian cattle rancher has been ordered to pay more than $50 million for destroying part of the Amazon rainforest. Australia's solar capacity is now 35.6 GW, with two-thirds on rooftops. Man gets third-degree burns from walking on sand dunes in Death Valley. Building collisions have reduced the total number of US birds by as much as 9%. Thanks to Joe Biden's IRA, there's more factory construction in the US than in the past 100 years. Earth registered its warmest day in more than 100,000 years on July 21. Offshore wind is expected to power 20 million UK homes within five years. Chevrolet Equinox EV is now cheaper to lease than the gas version in the US. US has ~145,000 gas stations and 65,000 public charging stations for EVs, with experts predicting EV chargers will exceed gas stations by 2032. Links: Vermont EV Incentive Jasper Wildfire Paris Olympic Cycling Saint John Wind Farm Cummins Hydrogen Powertrains China EV Subsidies Brazilian Rancher Ordered to Pay for Amazon Damage Bird Collisions with Buildings The Clean Energy Show is released every week, so be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast app to get new episodes delivered to you free! SUPPORT THE SHOW Make a small donation to our podcast today via our PayPal Donate page. E-transfer: cleanenergyshow@gmail.com James Whittingham's comedy podcast Sneeze! with James Whittingham RATE AND REVIEW US See The Clean Energy Show on iTunes, Spotify, or wherever you listen to our show. OUR STORE Visit our Merchandise store for T-shirts, hats, and more! CONTACT US Email: cleanenergyshow@gmail.com TikTok Channel: Clean Energy Pod YouTube Channel: The Clean Energy Show X (Twitter): Clean Energy Pod Threads: @cleanenergypod Bluesky: Clean Energy Pod James Whittingham: Twitter Brian Stockton: Twitter Leave us an online voicemail at SpeakPipe Copyright 2024.  

Ricochet's Unpacking the News
Showcase ep33 (LIVE SHOW #3 w/ Jeremy Appel, Emma Jackson & Duncan Kinney)

Ricochet's Unpacking the News

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2024 58:01


Harbinger Showcase is a weekly podcast featuring highlights from Canada's #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts. On this week's episode it's another spectacular edition of the HARBINGER SOAPBOX SERIES live podcast recording and community event! This edition, vol.3 - Edmonton: Purple City Blues features your friends Big Shiny Takes host Jeremy Appel, Emma Jackson from Common Horizon, and The Progress Report host Duncan Kinney live, on Saturday, May 25th at a legacy housing co-operative located near Whyte avenue in a conversation examining the Alberta NDP leadership race, Trans Mountain trauma, municipal politics drama and a special exclusive interview with guests Nour Salhi, Abraar Alsilwadi and Ali Ansari discussing their experience participating in the Palestine solidarity encampment at the University of Alberta.The Harbinger Media Network includes 69 podcasts focusing on social, economic and environmental justice and featuring journalists, academics and activists on shows like Alberta Advantage, The Breach Show, Tech Won't Save Us, Press Progress Sources & more.Harbinger Showcase is syndicated for community and campus radio at CIUT 89.5FM in Toronto, CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg and at Vancouver Co-op Radio.Financial support on this episode is courtesy of The Alberta Advantage. Find out more about Calgary's #1 podcast albertaadvantagepod.com.Find out more about the network, subscribe to the weekly newsletter and support our work at harbingermedianetwork.com

ARC ENERGY IDEAS
The Trans Mountain Expansion Project: Crossing the Finish Line

ARC ENERGY IDEAS

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2024 43:12


This week, our guest is Dawn Farrell, President and CEO of Trans Mountain Corporation. On May 1, 2024, the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMEP) started commercial operations. Over a decade in the making, this milestone is a huge accomplishment. Originally built in 1953, the expansion project triples the pipeline's capacity from 300,000 to 890,000 B/d.   This significant expansion of Canada's only oil pipeline to the West Coast comes at an important time since Canadian production was expected to hit the limits of the existing pipeline system later this year. The expansion will allow Canadian crude oil to access new markets in California and Asia, and it is expected to lift oil prices by increasing the number of buyers for Canadian oil. The TMEP is not without controversy, given its high cost (currently estimated at $C 34 billion compared with $C 7.4 billion in 2017), opposition to the pipeline in some areas of British Columbia, and the Federal government's purchase of the project in 2018.Here are some of the questions Peter and Jackie ask Dawn: Tell us about the pipeline operations currently, has Alberta crude oil reached the dock in Burnaby, British Columbia? What are the logistics, operations, and safety precautions for moving the Aframax tankers from the Burnaby Terminal to the open ocean? What is the importance of this pipeline to Canada? What are some of the factors that contributed to the high costs? What is the process and timing for the current regulatory hearing that could change the tolls? Content referenced in this podcast: Trevor Tombe: The Trans Mountain pipeline was worth every penny of its $34 billion price tag (April 30, 2024) Please review our disclaimer at: https://www.arcenergyinstitute.com/disclaimer/  Check us out on social media: X (Twitter): @arcenergyinst LinkedIn: @ARC Energy Research Institute Subscribe to ARC Energy Ideas Podcast Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Amazon Music Spotify 

The Decibel
The $34-billion bet on boosting Canada's economy

The Decibel

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 19:30


After more than a decade, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project (TMX) has finally been completed. One of the country's biggest infrastructure projects is seen as a major win for Albertan oil producers, with nearly 600,000 extra barrels shipped daily, ready for international buyers.But the future ownership of the pipeline remains up in the air. Many of the issues and questions that delayed the project – concerns over its safety and the environment, fights over Indigenous land rights, long-term economic risks – remain.Jeffrey Jones, The Globe's sustainable finance reporter, explains the ballooning costs of the TMX and why one of Canada's top exports is creating tension with its future climate targets.Questions? Comments? Ideas? E-mail us at thedecibel@globeandmail.com

The Current
Canadians should be proud of Trans Mountain pipeline, says CEO Dawn Farrell

The Current

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2024 19:34


The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion is finally up and running. Matt Galloway talks to Trans Mountain Corp. CEO Dawn Farrell about the $34 billion price tag, how environmental concerns should be addressed, and who might take it off the federal government's hands.

10/3: Canada Covered
Oil begins moving on $34 billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

10/3: Canada Covered

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 21:07


The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, a major Canadian infrastructure project, cleared a significant hurdle despite numerous delays and legal challenges. Now federally owned, the project aims to transport bitumen from Alberta to the west coast. Calgary Herald columnist Chris Varcoe discusses with Dave Breakenridge the economic implications for Canada and Alberta, the project's troubled progress, and its impact on future infrastructure projects. Background reading:Varcoe: 'We landed the plane': Inside the story of turbulence and triumph to complete the Trans Mountain expansion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Richard Syrett Show
The Richard Syrett Show, May 2nd, 2024 Who Is Really to Blame for the Pro-Hamas Protests on College Campuses?

The Richard Syrett Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 94:20


The Richard Syrett Show, May 2nd, 2024 Mass riot rages for hours at UCLA, police absent https://www.wnd.com/2024/05/total-anarchy-mass-riot-rages-hours-ucla-police-absent/  Richard C. Lyons, Author of The DNA of Democracy Volume 1 and Shadows of the Acropolis: Volume 2 KEEPING AN EYE ON YOUR MONEY Politicians are rolling the dice on the electric vehicle industry with your money. https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/when-politicians-gamble,-taxpayers-lose Kris Sims, Alberta Director of The Canadian Taxpayers Federation IN DEFENSE OF WOMEN ‘Biological sex' sports bill is quickly quashed in B.C. legislature https://tnc.news/2024/05/01/b-c-conservative-bill-males-womens-sports/ Coach Blade - A sport performance who develops athletes, mentors coaches, co-author of Unsporting: How Trans Activism and Science Denial Are Destroying Sport Who Is Really to Blame for the Pro-Hamas Protests on College Campuses? https://thepostmillennial.com/violent-clashes-break-out-between-gaza-israel-protesters-at-ucla  Brent Hamachek, author of Dissidently Speaking: Change the Words. Change the War, is the VP & Associate Publisher for Human Events Media Group. He is the author of numerous books and essays, including collaborating with Charlie Kirk on his first book, Time for a Turning Point. He has been a featured speaker for the Liberty Forum of Silicon Valley and the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. He also spoke at a United Nations Conference in 2018. https://www.dissidentlyspeaking.com https://www.amazon.com/Dissidently-Speaking-Change-Words-War/dp/1962578119/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1707492958&sr=1-1 LEDREW: Trudeau's not leaving and he's rigged it so no one can force him out https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/ledrew-trudeaus-not-leaving-and-hes-rigged-it-so-no-one-can-force-him-out Stephen LeDrew is a lawyer, former President of the Liberal Party of Canada and Host of The LeDrew 3 Minute Interview https://www.stephenledrew.ca Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline is finally open for business after completion of expansion efforts https://www.rebelnews.com/canadas_trans_mountain_pipeline_is_finally_open_for_business_after_completion_of_expansion_efforts Liberals hold up $34B Trans Mountain boondoggle as example of socialist success https://nationalpost.com/opinion/liberals-hold-up-34b-trans-mountain-boondoggle-as-example-of-socialist-success Dan McTeague – President of Canadians For Affordable Energy www.affordableenergy.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As It Happens from CBC Radio
May 1: Pointing the finger in the wrong direction

As It Happens from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 63:29


B.C. Decriminalization: Bonnie Henry, Trans Mountain opens, Bee home invasion, Dental care critic, Paul Auster obituary, Zambia soccer scandal, Maple sap test, and more.

Power and Politics
Poilievre subdued in the House day after getting kicked out for 'wacko' comment

Power and Politics

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 47:41


May 1, 2024 - After a chaotic question period Tuesday that saw Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre ejected from the chamber, MPs struck a calmer tone Wednesday. What's behind this change of tone in the House of Commons? The Power Panel weighs in. Plus, after years of delays and pushback from environmental groups, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion into British Columbia is finally complete. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith discusses what this means for her province.

The Peak Daily
Ready to roll  — Trans Mountain expansion opens, Businesses are jet-setting, Saying bye to coal.

The Peak Daily

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 7:35


For the last decade, the Trans Mountain pipeline has been like the kid that just keeps asking their parents for more money. Today, it finally has something to show for all that cash. After a three-year hiatus, business travellers are wiping the dust off their old carry-ons and saying sayonara to their home offices. Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

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Hub Dialogues
Hub Headlines: The Trans Mountain pipeline's economic benefits

Hub Dialogues

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 16:51


Hub Headlines features audio versions of the best commentaries and analysis published daily in The Hub. Enjoy listening to original and provocative takes on the issues that matter while you are on the go. 0:19 – The $34 billion Trans Mountain pipeline was worth every penny, by Trevor Tombe6:52 – Canadian conservatism's judicial revolution is only gaining strength, by Charlie Buck If you enjoy The Hub's podcasts consider subscribing to our weekly email newsletter featuring our best insights and analysis. Free. Cancel anytime. Sign up now at https://thehub.ca/free-member-sign-up/. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Current
Tensions along the TMX pipeline expansion

The Current

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2024 19:49


The Trans Mountain pipeline is expected to begin expanded operations this week, after years of tension between environmentalists and the oil and gas sector — a conflict that played out in communities along the pipeline's route. The CBC's Erin Collins travelled along TMX to find out how people living there feel about it now.

The Doc Project
The story of the Trans Mountain pipeline

The Doc Project

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 27:00


On May 1st the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will begin commercial operations. It marks the end of a 12 year saga that included protests, legal challenges and the purchase of the pipeline itself by the federal government. When Ottawa stepped in to buy TMX six years ago, it had an estimated price tag of $7.4 billion dollars. Today the cost has grown to $34 billion dollars. As the polarizing project nears the finish line, CBC producer Allison Dempster visits communities along the pipeline route, from Edson, Alberta to Burnaby, B.C. She meets people who worked on the project, people who campaigned against it and Indigenous leaders who one day hope to own it. In the second half of the show, we join Anna Maria Tremonti on a road trip she took along the route back in 2019. She hears from Western Canadians deeply divided on the pipeline project. As you'll hear, the expansion is almost complete, but the debate over its legacy is far from over.Reported by Allison Dempster. Produced by Jennifer Chevalier.Storylines is part of the CBC Audio Doc Unit 

The House from CBC Radio
A new tax on the rich, a long awaited pipeline, and a crisis in sports betting

The House from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2024 50:09


It may sound boring, it might be confusing, but the federal government's new capital gains tax change could just become a major political sticking point. The House hears from tax experts and others about what the change could accomplish and whether everyday Canadians might be affected. Then, the federal budget unveiled this week failed to meet the moment when it comes to a new disability benefit, an advocate tells The House. A Liberal official also joins the program to respond.Plus — six years and tens of billions of dollars later, the Trans Mountain expansion is about to begin operation. In a special report, The House investigates how communities along the mega-project's route feel now that oil is finally set to flow.Finally: The lifetime ban handed out to Raptors player Jontay Porter is raising questions about legal gambling's influence on the integrity of sport. An MP who pushed for the legalization of single event sports betting weighs in, and an expert urges more regulation.This episode features the voices of: Allison Christians, professor, McGill UniversityBarry Schwartz, executive vice president, Baskin Wealth Management Edward Faruzel, executive director, KW AccessAbilitySameer Zuberi, parliamentary secretary to the minister of diversity, inclusion and persons with disabilitiesThe CBC's Allison DempsterConservative MP Kevin WaughJeremy Luke, president and CEO, Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport 

Global Oil Markets
LatAm shuffles the heavy sour oil deck in the Americas

Global Oil Markets

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 18:11


Latin American crude production is on the rise, with countries like Brazil, Guyana and Argentina leading the way. However, Latin American heavy sour crude output is expected to decline, and flows will be reshuffled as Canada's Trans Mountain crude pipeline expansion starts up and as operations begin at Pemex's Olmeca refinery. Why is heavy sour crude output declining, and what does the output decline and reshuffling of barrels mean for crude prices?  SPGCI's Americas oil news director Jeff Mower discusses these questions and more with oil research analysts Stephanie Rivera and Nick Blanco and crude pricing director Beth Brown. Register for CERAWeek Register for World Petrochemical Conference Related content: Latin America Short-Term Outlook – Crude Oil (report) Liza FOB Guyana (price) Oriente FOB Esmeraldas (price) Western Canadian Select at Hardisty (price)

Real Talk
EXCLUSIVE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Real Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2024 76:33


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits the Real Talk studio for an exclusive half-hour interview. 1:50 | Trudeau gets real about his record low polling numbers, his future as Liberal leader, the future of the carbon tax, his polarizing Environment Minister, selling the Trans Mountain pipeline, the 2024 US Presidential election, the state of journalism in Canada, and more.  37:00 | Ryan and Johnny debrief after the interview, including comments from our YouTube live chat.  55:40 | Will the (other) Bachelor find true love in Jasper? We tee up the upcoming episode of The Bachelor (Monday, February 26 on ABC) featuring the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge in this week's #MyJasper Memories presented by Tourism Jasper.  EMAIL THE SHOW: talk@ryanjespersen.com  FOLLOW US ON TIKTOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM: @realtalkrj  REAL TALK MERCH: https://ryanjespersen.com/merch BECOME A REAL TALK PATRON: https://www.patreon.com/ryanjespersen  THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR SPONSORS! https://ryanjespersen.com/sponsors The views and opinions expressed in this show are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Relay Communications Group Inc. or any affiliates.

The Peak Daily
Pipeline nears opening

The Peak Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 7:22


After hitting more speed bumps than a driver in a school zone and going so over budget that it would make the Olympics blush, the completion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline (TMP) is near. Canada's relationship with India is getting icier than a car windshield post-snowstorm. Celebrating something? Let us know here: https://thepeak.typeform.com/to/MNdYA3TO

The CGAI Podcast Network
Energy Security Cubed: A Dangerous Winter for the Electrical Grid with Kathryn Porter

The CGAI Podcast Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 45:50


On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan interview Kathryn Porter about the impact of the polar vortex on Alberta's electrical grid and growing energy nationalism in Europe. For the intro session, Kelly and Joe Calnan talk about the Trans Mountain pipeline and moves by Chinese companies to gain more control over the cobalt market. Guest Bio: - Kathryn Porter is an energy consultant and founder of Watt-Logic: https://watt-logic.com/ Host Bio: - Joe Calnan is a Fellow and Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute Reading recommendations: - "The Prince of Nothing", by R. Scott Bakker: https://www.amazon.com/The-Prince-of-Nothing-3-book-series/dp/B0749XZ9DM Interview recording Date: January 17, 2023 Energy Security Cubed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

The Construction Record Podcast
The Construction Record Podcast™ – Episode 327: 2023 economic year in review with Alex Carrick and Michael Guckes

The Construction Record Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 24:57


On this episode of The Construction Record Podcast™, digital media editor Warren Frey looks back at 2023 and forward to 2024 through an economic lens with ConstructConnect chief economist Alex Carrick and senior economist Michael Guckes.  Chief amongst the big construction stories of 2023, Carrick said, is the increased number of megaprojects underway in both the United States and Canada, as well as an intense push to electrification of infrastructure on both sides of the border. However he cautioned that in order for this change to happen, the number of electric vehicles has to increase. There will be bumps along the way, Carrick said, but eventually this transition will occur. Guckes pointed to a weakening commercial and residential market in 2023, but said the movement of manufacturing back to the United States along with new construction opportunities including increased military spending as geopolitics around the world continues to fluctuate. Carrick said the biggest economic story in 2024 will be a decline in interest rates, resulting in more people looking to buy property and invest in businesses, and pointed to Canadian population growth as also impactful to the economy. He also said several new megaprojects such as the LNG facility in Kitimat and the completion of the Trans Mountain project will positively impact Canada's GDP. Guckes echoed that Canada, once these new projects are online, will be a viable alternative to Russian gas and other energy providers, and said in the United States water and sewage project while not glamourous have big implications for the construction industry. Both economists also agreed that an increasing use of data centers will mean further construction projects. You can listen to The Construction Record on the Daily Commercial News and Journal of Commerce websites as well as on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music's podcast section. Our previous podcast with highlights from a recent Buildings Show fireside chat style panel about artificial intelligence (AI) moderated by ConstructConnect director of news media Vince Versace, featuring LanadLogic CEO Arash Shahi and Doug Dockery, ConstructConnect's chief technology officer is here. Thanks for listening. DCN-JOC News Services

Oil and Gas This Week Podcast
Oil and Gas This Week – Sep 29 2023

Oil and Gas This Week Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2023 36:22


Brought to you on OGGN, the largest and most listened to podcast network for the oil and energy industry.Enjoying the show? Leave me a review hereDon't forget to ask a question for our next First Friday Q&A. You ask the questions and we answer them.Have a question? Click here to ask.Sign up for the OGGN Newsletter here.This week Mark and Paige cover ... BP CEO Bernard Looney out after past relationships with coworkershttps://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/bp-ceo-bernard-looney-out-after-past-relationships-with-coworkers/ar-AA1gCCjZ?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=194759240ed2424397e27739b2aa9707&ei=17California lawsuit says oil giants deceived public on climate, seeks funds for storm damagehttps://apnews.com/article/climate-oil-gas-california-lawsuit-newsom-212d6d9873352f28094173a1974e3d90?utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=TwitterRussia Sends First Ever Cargo Of CPC Crude To UAEhttps://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Russia-Sends-First-Ever-Cargo-Of-CPC-Crude-To-UAE.htmlCalifornia Truckers Race To Buy Diesel Rigs Ahead Of New Zero-Emission Rulehttps://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/California-Truckers-Race-To-Buy-Diesel-Rigs-Ahead-Of-New-Zero-Emission-Rule.htmlCanada's Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion to disrupt oil flow to the UShttps://www.oilandgas360.com/canadas-trans-mountain-pipe-expansion-to-disrupt-oil-flow-to-us-boost-prices/Federal judge says area for oil and gas leases in Gulf of Mexico must be expandedhttps://lailluminator.com/2023/09/23/oil-leases-gulf/#:~:text=A%20federal%20judge%20has%20ordered,protect%20an%20endangered%20whale%20species.Greenwashing Backlash Sparks ESG Exodushttps://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Greenwashing-Backlash-Sparks-ESG-Exodus.htmlJPMorgan Analyst Sees Energy Supercycle With Oil As High As $150https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/JPMorgan-Analyst-Sees-Energy-Supercycle-With-Oil-As-High-As-150.htmlChevron LNG Workers End Strikehttps://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Chevron-LNG-Workers-End-Strike.htmlEquinor Submits Development Plan for $9-Billion Gas Project off Brazilhttps://jpt.spe.org/equinor-submits-development-plan-for-9-bllion-gas-project-off-brazilVietnam Upstream Sector Outlook Brighteninghttps://www.rigzone.com/news/vietnam_upstream_sector_outlook_brightening-22-sep-2023-174093-article/UK Offshore Wind Industry Risks Cancellations: Hedge Fund Chiefhttps://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/uk_offshore_wind_industry_risks_cancellations_hedge_fund_chief-22-sep-2023-174086-article/

Redeye
Trans Mountain's full financial picture hidden from Canadians (encore)

Redeye

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2023 13:30


In February this year, the estimated cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project jumped by more than 70%. When the Trans Mountain Corporation announced the increase back in February, we were told that the government would spend no additional public money on the project. A new report by independent economist Robyn Allan says this is not the case, and that the federal government is hiding the real situation from Canadians. We spoke with Eugene Kung, staff lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law who commissioned the report.

The CGAI Podcast Network
Energy Security Cubed: Geopolitics of the Energy Transition with Elizabeth Press

The CGAI Podcast Network

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2023 53:45


On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan begin with a discussion on major issues in global energy security, including an update on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, a discussion of global oil demand forecasts, and some considerations surrounding methanol-fueled ships. For the interview section of the podcast, Kelly talks with Elizabeth Press about the International Renewable Energy Agency's recent report, "Geopolitics of the Energy Transition: Critical Materials". You can find this report here: https://www.irena.org/Publications/2023/Jul/Geopolitics-of-the-Energy-Transition-Critical-Materials Guest Bio: - Elizabeth Press is Director of Planning and Programme Support at the International Renewable Energy Agency Host Bio: - Kelly Ogle is the CEO of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute Reading Recommendations - "American Dirt", by Jeanine Cummins: https://www.amazon.ca/American-Dirt-Novel-Jeanine-Cummins/dp/1250209765 - "Betraying Spinoza: The Renegade Jew Who Gave Us Modernity", by Rebecca Goldstein: https://www.amazon.ca/Betraying-Spinoza-Renegade-Gave-Modernity/dp/0805211594 Interview recording Date: August 23, 2023 Energy Security Cubed is part of the CGAI Podcast Network. Follow the Canadian Global Affairs Institute on Facebook, Twitter (@CAGlobalAffairs), or on LinkedIn. Head over to our website at www.cgai.ca for more commentary. Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.

RBN Energy Blogcast
You've Got Another Thing Comin' - How Will Steeper Tolls on Trans Mountain Impact Crude Flows?

RBN Energy Blogcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 17:32


Conversing with Chris & Misa the Podcast
Episode #176- “Your my boy Blue” with Chris, Misa, Joe and Blue.

Conversing with Chris & Misa the Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 64:26


Episode #176 is finally here and for this episode we are joined by the one and only Blue Kandle aka "The Beer Guy"! Blue has been around the podcast for a long time and its only right that he gets his chance in our guest chair, Joe also joins the squad and is controlling the new camera set up! On this episode we talk about how Blue almost dies racing on Transmountain, his new found love for Twisted Tea, Chris and Blue visit Cricle K, 69 jumped in a gym restroom, the CEO of Porsche is on one, McDonalds has chicken Bic Macs, J. Cole's smoking problem, Does Joe look like Chris Brown? and much much more!!! Thank you all so much for your support of the podcast, help us reach 600 subs by checking out our YouTube channel!!!!! Lets keep pumping out these episode and keep sharing the pod. We appreciate the support. Listen, Enjoy and never forget to…STAY FRESH!! Sponsors: Sun City Vibes IG @ https://www.instagram.com/sun_city_vibes/ IandI Glass Goods IG@ https://www.instagram.com/iandiglass/ Merch by: NXT Gen Sports: https://www.instagram.com/nxtgensports2k19/?hl=en Music by: Aku the Master --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/conversingwithchrismissa/support

Money Talks with Michael Campbell
The Cost of Canada's Anti-Oil Agenda

Money Talks with Michael Campbell

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2023 20:03


Taxpayers paid $4.5 billion to Kinder Morgan for the Trans Mountain pipeline, but you won't believe how high the costs of the project have risen. Oil analyst David Yager on the cost of Canada's anti-oil agenda. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Lynda Steele Show
The Full Show: Haisla-led LNG project approved by province, FIFA expands 2026 World Cup again, with Toronto and Vancouver hosting extra matches & Juno Awards 2023: AP Dhillon Makes History With First Punjabi Performance At The Show

The Lynda Steele Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 48:57


Haisla-led LNG project approved by province Ellis Ross, Haisla First Nation former Chief Counsellor & BC Liberal MLA for Skeena discusses the province's approval of the Haisla-led LNG project Pierre Poilievre criticizes Trudeau government, big pharma for role in opioid epidemic Pierre Poilievre, Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and the Official Opposition discusses the role of big pharma in Canada's opioid epidemic. Juno Awards 2023: AP Dhillon Makes History With First Punjabi Performance At The Show DJ Reminisce, Punjabi music DJ, Podcaster & media personality discusses what Punjabi music superstar AP Dhillon's Juno Awards performance means to South Asian Canadians and to the Punjabi music industry.  FIFA expands 2026 World Cup again, with Toronto and Vancouver hosting extra matches Blake Price, Co-Host of The Sekeres & Price Show discusses the likelihood of an increase in FIFA World Cup matches in Vancouver for the 2026 World Cup. Plus, how will grass be installed in BC Place? Trans Mountain pipeline expansion cost climbs to $30.9B  Richard Masson, an executive fellow at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy discusses the rising cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Lynda Steele Show
Trans Mountain pipeline expansion cost climbs to $30.9B

The Lynda Steele Show

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2023 11:21


Richard Masson, an executive fellow at the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy discusses the rising cost of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Below the Radar
Supporting Indigenous Self-Determination Through Research — with Cliff Atleo

Below the Radar

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 37:12


This week our host Am Johal is joined by Cliff Atleo, a scholar and professor in SFU's School of Resource & Environmental Management. Am and Cliff discuss prioritising Indigenous communities' wants in environmental and economic movements, Cliff's past work with the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, and Iron Dog Books. Together they consider how to navigate institutional and governmental bureaucracy in matters of Indigenous governances, resource management, and research. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/203-cliff-atleo.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/203-cliff-atleo.html Resources: Cliff Atleo: https://www.kamayaam.com/ SFU's School of Resource and Environmental Management: http://www.sfu.ca/rem.html Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council: https://nuuchahnulth.org/ Ahousaht et. Al Case: https://www.ratcliff.com/publications/aboriginal-right-sell-fish-ahousaht-nation-et-al-v-canada/ Clayoquot Sound War in the Woods: https://thenarwhal.ca/clayoquot-sound-tofino-after-war-woods/ Iron Dog Books: https://irondogbooks.com/ Melina Laboucan-Massimo's Power to the People: https://powertothepeople.tv/ Bio: Cliff Gordon Atleo (he/him) is a Tsimshian (Kitsumkalum/Kitselas) and Nuu-chah-nulth (Ahousaht) assistant professor at the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University. He is interested in how Indigenous communities navigate/adopt/resist neoliberal capitalism while working to sustain their unique cultural identities, worldviews, and ways of living. Cliff is particularly interested in how Indigenous leaders continue to assert agency within the confines of settler colonial politics and economics and work tirelessly to lead their communities in more sustainable directions. He has recently published on Indigenous water and land relations, Indigenous community responses to the Trans Mountain pipeline and is working on several exciting research projects on cleaner marine transport and Indigenous community responses to crises such as COVID-19 and climate change. Cite this episode: Chicago Style Johal, Am. “Supporting Indigenous Self-Determination Through Research — with Cliff Atleo.” Below the Radar, SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, February 28, 2023. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/203-cliff-atleo.html.