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Elmira Aliakbari


You’ll pay for Alberta’s new pipeline because government policy has chased away private investment

Taxpayers will pay almost all project costs because government policies have made it economically unattractive for private investors to do so.

opinion | BY JULIO MEJIA, ELMIRA ALIAKBARI | July 20, 2026

Carney government’s ‘net-zero’ goal would require radical changes to oil and gas production  

Companies will need to adopt increasingly expensive technologies, making further decarbonization more expensive until more innovative and cost-effective solutions are found.

Natural resources remain backbone of Canada’s trade and prosperity

To pay our way in an unforgiving and very competitive world, Canada must produce and sell exports to customers in other markets.

opinion | BY JOCK FINLAYSON, ELMIRA ALIAKBARI | June 5, 2024