Calgary & Alberta Economy

[InfrastructureEnthusiast]

The major projects list has been a bit underwhelming so far, but the LNG port and NB tungsten mine are good adds.

Disappointed there hasn't been any kind of TCH funding announced. Completing the remaining mountain parks is both in the national interest, and would require a regulatory bulldozer.

Oddball of the list has to be the Nunavut hydro dam, thought that was an onion article at first! Cool if it'll work reliably year round, but IMO this is exactly the sort of alternate use a naval nuclear reactor could have, which is what the SMR program should have been developing instead of a buying a foreign fixed plant that's worse than CANDU in almost every way.

 

[Chowda7]

Enbridge spending US$1.4B to send crude to U.S. despite broader ‘elbows up’ sentiment

The country’s largest oil shipper has given the green light to a US$1.4-billion plan to send more oilsands crude south of the border, even as trade tensions drive broader efforts to diversify Canada’s export markets beyond the United States.

www.bnnbloomberg.ca

 

[Surrealplaces]

Calgary claims top spot in Western Canada for quarterly venture capital investment | Calgary Economic

Calgary continues to strengthen its position as one of Canada’s leading innovation hubs. According to new data from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA), the Blue Sky City ranked third among major Canadian cities for venture capital investment — with $341 million...

www.calgaryeconomicdevelopment.com

This kind of stuff is always good to see.

 

[Chowda7]

Done by December? Alberta's Smith optimistic deal with Carney coming soon

"We're very, very close, I think, to having a breakthrough," Smith said Friday of a potential deal with Prime Minister Mark Carney.

edmontonjournal.com

 

[DougB]

The power to smooth over regulatory hurdles is the Build Canada Act and for a project to be designated a National Interest project. So far, NONE of the projects, including the ones from September have had that designation. The only thing the "Major Project Office" does now is consult and for the Infrastructure fund to potentially fund. If a project is designated a national interest project, then it gives the minister more ability to overcome laws and regulations.

Althia Raj: Mark Carney forced through his powerful ‘national interest’ bill. So far, it’s pointless

None of the five projects announced in September and referred to Carney’s newly-created Major Projects Office have been listed under the act as a project of “national interest.”

www.thestar.com

So it is a waste of time and resources

 

[InfrastructureEnthusiast]

So it is a waste of time and resources

Does Ottawa know how to do it any other way?