Journal of Commerce
"Jean-Paul Rodrigue, author of the Canadian northern corridor [sic] special series report constraints in the Canadian transport infrastructure grid, says developing a northern corridor is not only expensive, there are fewer commercial opportunities than a similar corridor in southern Canada."
Eye on the Arctic
A potential Canadian Northern Corridor (CNC) would present important economic advantages for Canada, but could also present security challenges, says a paper from The Canadian Northern Corridor Research Program at The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary.
Market access has been one of the most significant hurdles for some of Alberta’s core sectors to overcome. With a bright future for Alberta’s export industries, it’s a challenge that demands a long-term solution. The University of Calgary School of Public Policy is taking on this challenge, working towards a long-term solution to solve Canada’s market access, infrastructure, and internal trade challenges.
The Globe and Mail
Last week, China released its 2021-25 strategic plan to engage in "pragmatic co-operation" to build its "Polar Silk Road," a smaller piece of its overall Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). To be clear, by "road" the Chinese government means "route," and by that it really means the transpolar shipping route over the North Pole through international waters. Why does China want to "help" build an Arctic trade route?
The Conversation
As the recent disaster in Texas showed, climate change requires electricity utilities to prepare for extreme events. This “global weirding” leads to more intense storms, higher wind speeds, heatwaves and droughts that can threaten the performance of electricity systems.Enhancing long-distance transmission is viewed as a cost-effective way to enable a clean and reliable power grid, and to lower the cost of meeting our climate targets. Now is the time to strengthen transmission links in Canada.
The Globe and Mail
While President Trump supported the Keystone XL permit (twice fast tracking its approval via executive order to avoid lengthy reassessment by the US State Department) he also took unilateral action to force renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and issued multiple executive orders imposing punitive tariffs on Canada’s exports to the U.S. The reasons behind the executive orders of Presidents Trump and Biden are as different as the men themselves, but for Canada the common element is a pattern of unilateral action detrimental to our exports and by extension our economy. So, how should we respond to the latest development in this pattern?
National Post
Could a mega project like the Canadian Northern Corridor provide a bold, new approach to unlock the potential of our renewable and non-renewable resource base?
