The latest in a series from law firm Fasken, via Lexology: Part 3: Indigenous Partnerships and Investment: Indigenous support is critical to energy, infrastructure and resource project success in Canada. Read it at https://bit.ly/4xnirBP • Part 2: Putting Canadian LNG in context, and a look at Canadian LNG going forward: https://bit.ly/4q1GvI3 • Part 1: Canadian LNG …
(This week’s blog is condensed from a report by law firm Dentons in Canada, part of Dentons global.) Over the past few years, a combination of federal and provincial government programs — anchored by loan guarantees, equity loans, and legislative reforms — has dramatically expanded the capital available to Indigenous communities seeking ownership stakes in …
No wonder that Resource Works founder and CEO, Stewart Muir, called the Montney natural-gas reserves in Canada “British Columbia’s economic crown jewel.” The Montney Formation in BC and Aberta has an area of 130,000 km², about the size of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia combined. That’s roughly two-thirds the size of the famed Permian Basin in …
In lieu of our blog this week, an examination by Resource Works of Canada’s carbon tax and its impact on the economy, and on the oil and gas sector. Among the findings (that need attention from the next federal government): Companies have shifted from capital expenditures to record dividend payouts, signalling a lack of confidence …
Our Alliance and Resource Works present a new report by statistics expert Philip Cross. It finds LNG investments boost B.C. and Canadian economies more than other projects: a $4.1-billion investment in B.C. leads to a total increase of $4.5 billion in Canada’s GDP, and thousands of Canadian jobs. It also finds Canada has an opportunity …
