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Heather Exner-Pirot

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Op-Eds and Blogs

Below are my recent op-eds. Paywall? No problem, the Macdonald-Laurier Institute publishes them in full on their site too. https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/cm-expert/heather-exner-pirot/

Op-Eds

Time to move from talk to action on regulatory reform

https://thehub.ca/2025/03/22/deepdive-time-to-move-from-talk-to-action-on-regulatory-reform/

We take our energy security for granted. Our adversaries do not

https://nationalnewswatch.com/2025/03/21/we-take-our-energy-security-for-granted-our-adversaries-do-not

How federally mandated “Trans-Canada Corridors” can unlock our natural resources

https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/pathways-to-prosperity-how-federally-mandated-trans-canada-corridors-can-unlock-our-natural-resources-potential-martin-ignasiak-and-heather-exner-pirot-for-inside-policy/

Censorious ‘greenwashing’ amendment put a chill on public discourse

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/censorious-greenwashing-amendment-put-a-chill-on-public-discourse

Mark Carney’s climate plan is already outdated

https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/mark-carneys-climate-plan-is-already-outdated-heather-exner-pirot-in-the-hub/

Want to remain strong and free, Canada? Six steps to becoming an energy and resource superpower

https://thehub.ca/2025/01/18/heather-exner-pirot-want-to-remain-strong-and-free-canada-six-steps-to-becoming-an-energy-and-resource-superpower/

Trudeau’s Legacy: Shunning Canada’s Resource Wealth Instead of Leveraging It

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/canada-institute-experts-react-prime-minister-justin-trudeaus-resignation

Canada is an energy superpower. It’s time to remind America and act like it

https://thehub.ca/2024/11/28/heather-exner-pirot-canada-is-an-energy-superpower-its-time-to-remind-america-and-act-like-it/

A smarter approach to Canada’s net-zero competitiveness

https://thehub.ca/2024/12/06/bentley-allan-and-heather-exner-pirot-a-smarter-approach-to-canadas-net-zero-competitiveness/

Will Canada’s new Arctic foreign policy be worth the wait?

https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2024/12/02/will-canadas-new-arctic-foreign-policy-be-worth-the-wait/443213/

Why does Ottawa’s green investing guidebook snub natural gas and nuclear?

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-why-does-ottawas-green-investing-guidebook-snub-natural-gas-and/

It’s time for Canada to get serious about economic security

https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/its-time-for-canada-to-get-serious-about-economic-security-heather-exner-pirot-for-inside-policy/

Canada’s forestry sector – Born on third Base, hampered by policy

https://www.policymagazine.ca/canadas-forestry-sector-born-on-third-base-hampered-by-policy/

One trillion reasons why oilsands benefit Canada’s economy

https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-one-trillion-reasons-why-oilsands-benefit-canadas-economy

Canada and the Three Seas Initiative – Energy security through nuclear co-operation

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-canada-and-the-three-seas-initiative-energy-security-through-nuclear/

What should a Conservative climate policy look like? Hopefully Alberta’s

https://thehub.ca/2024/09/05/heather-exner-pirot-what-should-a-conservative-climate-policy-look-like-hopefully-albertas/

Canadian tariffs on Chinese EVs should look like the United States’, not Europe’s

https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/canadian-tariffs-on-chinese-evs-should-look-like-the-united-states-not-europes-heather-exner-pirot-for-inside-policy/

Nuclear industry deserves praise for the way it searched for waste-disposal site

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-nuclear-industry-deserves-praise-for-the-way-it-searched-for-waste/

ICE Pact turns the ship around on West’s atrophying icebreaker building capacity

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/360deg-view-americas-ice-pact-polar-icebreaker-partnership-canada-and-finland

Seeing energy policy only through the lens of climate change? That time is over

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-seeing-energy-policy-only-through-the-lens-of-climate-change-that-time/

Termination of Lapland professor puts a chill on Arctic research

https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/2024/06/termination-lapland-professor-puts-chill-arctic-research

Finally, we all agree Canada must get more major projects built

https://thehub.ca/2024/05/27/michael-gullo-and-heather-exner-pirot-we-all-agree-canada-must-get-more-projects-built/

We’re falling further behind China in critical minerals

https://financialpost.com/opinion/canada-falling-behind-china-critical-minerals

Joe Biden’s natural-gas pause is good politics but bad policy

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-joe-bidens-natural-gas-pause-is-good-politics-but-bad-policy/

The smoking gun for Canada’s weak economic growth? A collapse in energy and resource investment

https://thehub.ca/2024-05-02/heather-exner-pirot-the-collapse-in-energy-and-resource-investment/

How Indigenous participation can help drive the new nuclear age

https://thehub.ca/2024-04-03/heather-exner-pirot-and-jesse-mccormick-how-indigenous-participation-can-help-drive-the-new-nuclear-age/

Don’t overthink it, Canada—we need natural gas now more than ever

https://thehub.ca/2024-03-27/heather-exner-pirot-natural-gas/

This is the end of the road for electric-vehicle subsidies

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-this-is-the-end-of-the-road-for-electric-vehicle-subsidies/

Why critical minerals are key to Canada’s global influence

https://thehub.ca/2024-02-12/heather-exner-pirot-why-critical-minerals-are-key-to-canadas-global-influence/

Improving Canada’s Competitiveness

https://www.cdhowe.org/intelligence-memos/gullo-and-exner-pirot-improving-canadas-competitiveness

canadian energy companies look south for growth

https://www.cga.ca/energy-magazine-post/canadian-energy-companies-look-south-for-growth/

Ruthless, reckless, damaging: the Hon. Steven Guilbeault is MLI’s Policy-maker of the year

https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/ruthless-reckless-damaging-the-hon-steven-guilbeault-is-mlis-policy-maker-of-the-year/

Of all top-heavy Liberal climate policies, electric-vehicles mandate is the worst

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-of-all-top-heavy-liberal-climate-policies-electric-vehicles-mandate-is/

Diamonds may be forever but diamond mines aren’t. N.W.T. needs to find a replacement fast

https://financialpost.com/opinion/diamonds-arent-forever-nwt-needs-replacement-fast

First Quantum’s Panama saga shows Canada must treat copper, a vital metal, more seriously

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-first-quantum-panama-canada-copper-mines/

Glencore-Teck deal reveals the irony of coal: Profitable and vital, yet endlessly shunned

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-glencore-teck-deal-reveals-the-irony-of-coal-profitable-and-vital-yet/

Canada could have been an energy superpower. Instead we became a bystander

https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/canada-could-have-been-an-energy-superpower-instead-we-became-a-bystander/

Why the oilsands’ weaknesses are turning into strengths

https://thehub.ca/2023-10-24/heather-exner-pirot-why-the-oilsands-weaknesses-are-turning-into-strengths/

Supreme Court ruling on federal environmental law a step toward brighter industrial future

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-supreme-court-ruling-on-federal-environmental-law-a-step-toward/

Small modular reactors represent a significant opportunity for First Nations

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/small-modular-reactors-represent-a-significant-opportunity-for-first-nations

Reforming Canada’s regulatory approval and permitting process

https://www.cdhowe.org/intelligence-memos/exner-pirot-and-gullo-reforming-canadas-regulatory-approval-and-permitting

The Arctic is where Canada should be leading, not turning out the lights

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-arctic-is-where-canada-should-be-leading-not-turning-out-the-lights

Liberal climate policies are fine on their own but contradict each other when together

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-liberal-climate-policy-reducing-emissions/

Alarming drop in mining derails drive for Net Zero

https://financialpost.com/opinion/mining-decline-derails-drive-net-zero

Arctic Exceptionalism is Over. Who Will Tell the Diplomats?

https://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2023/05/11/arctic-exceptionalism-is-over-who-will-tell-the-diplomats/

Whether or not it’s constitutional, the IAA simply has to go

https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/whether-or-not-its-constitutional-the-iaa-simply-has-to-go-heather-exner-pirot-for-inside-policy/

Is Alberta Oil Ethical?

https://albertaviews.ca/is-alberta-oil-ethical/

Our oilsands tortoise may outlast the Americans' shale-oil hare

https://financialpost.com/opinion/oilsands-outlast-americans-shale-oil

Mining on the moon is no longer a loony idea, and Canada can capitalize on it

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-space-moon-mining-canada/

For the oil patch, ‘just transition’ is buzzword legislation, not sound economics

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-ottawa-oil-gas-jobs-just-transition-legislation/

Will the mining industry really follow Ottawa’s lead on critical minerals?

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-mining-industry-ottawa-critical-minerals/

How pipelines went from villain to hero in Indigenous reconciliation

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-how-pipelines-went-from-villain-to-hero-in-indigenous-reconciliation

Does the Arctic Council make sense without Russia?

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/opinion-does-the-arctic-council-make-sense-without-russia

Huge Cameco deal makes it a nuclear giant, too

https://thestarphoenix.com/opinion/columnists/heather-exner-pirot-huge-cameco-deal-makes-it-a-nuclear-giant-too

Unleash the Montney: Canada’s world-class gas field is waiting to be tapped

https://financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-unleash-the-montney-canadas-world-class-gas-field-is-waiting-to-be-tapped

NATO needs to play a bigger role in the Arctic. And Canada needs to let it

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/opinion-nato-needs-to-play-a-bigger-role-in-the-arctic-and-canada-needs-to-let-it

The Baffinland saga highlights the precarious balance between the environment and development in Nun

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-baffinland-saga-demonstrates-the-precarious-balance-between-the/

Canada is hoarding its resources. Our allies have noticed

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/heather-exner-pirot-canada-is-hoarding-its-resources-our-allies-have-noticed

A $100-million hummingbird nest and other Trans Mountain absurdities

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-a-100-million-hummingbird-nest-and-other-trans-mountain-absurdities

Alberta court to Ottawa: Overruling Indigenous resource projects 'smacks of paternalism'

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-alberta-court-to-ottawa-overruling-indigenous-resource-projects-smacks-of-paternalism

The nuclear renaissance is an opportunity for Canada. Will we seize it?

https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/exner-pirot-the-nuclear-renaissance-is-an-opportunity-for-canada-will-we-seize-it

With critical minerals budget, Liberals finally embrace natural resources

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2022/04/27/with-critical-minerals-budget-liberals-finally-embrace-natural-resources.html

The green transition has created a global food crisis that will only get worse

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/heather-exner-pirot-the-green-transition-has-created-a-global-food-crisis-that-will-only-get-worse

Eliminating fossil fuels will complicate energy security, not solve It

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/heather-exner-pirot-moving-off-of-fossil-fuels-will-complicate-energy-security-not-solve-it

Where have all the pragmatic environmentalists gone?

https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/where-have-all-the-pragmatic-environmentalists-gone-heather-exner-pirot-in-the-toronto-star/

We could’ve been a contender: Canada has missed the boat on LNG opportunities

https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-we-couldve-been-a-contender-canadas-lost-lng-opportunity

Energy affordability about to become a political risk in Canada

https://www.hilltimes.com/2022/01/27/energy-affordability-about-to-become-a-political-risk-in-canada/339948

Protecting the vulnerable from the impending energy crisis

https://torontosun.com/opinion/exner-pirot-protecting-the-vulnerable-from-the-impending-energy-crisis

The Trudeau government can no longer 'freeze-out' pro-development First Nations

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/opinion-the-trudeau-government-can-no-longer-freeze-out-pro-development-first-nations

We’re about to remember that energy crises are bad things

https://ipolitics.ca/2021/09/21/were-about-to-remember-that-energy-crises-are-bad-things/

Most Indigenous people support resource development: poll

https://ipolitics.ca/2021/06/14/most-indigenous-people-support-resource-development-poll/

UNDRIP legislation turning into a distraction from real action on Indigenous self-determination

https://ipolitics.ca/2021/04/19/undrip-legislation-turning-into-a-distraction-from-real-action-on-indigenous-self-determination/

It's not a stark choice between Indigenous rights and economic development. We can have both

https://financialpost.com/commodities/energy/oil-gas/its-not-a-stark-choice-between-indigenous-rights-and-economic-development-we-can-have-both

UNDRIP is not a threat to Canada; the implementing legislation is

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/opinion-undrip-is-not-a-threat-to-canada-the-implementing-legislation-is

How to write an Arctic story in 5 easy steps (satire)

https://www.arctictoday.com/write-arctic-story-5-easy-steps/

The Arctic Council deserves a Nobel Peace Prize

https://www.arctictoday.com/the-arctic-council-deserves-a-nobel-peace-prize/

Six takeaways from this week's U.S.-Canada joint Arctic statement

https://www.opencanada.org/features/six-takeaways-weeks-us-canada-joint-arctic-statement/

PM risks isolation with imaginary Arctic threats

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/pm-risks-isolation-with-imaginary-arctic-threats/article16462766/

Eye on the Arctic Blogs

The Arctic Council is back on track … or is that a rut?

https://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2021/05/20/blog-the-arctic-council-is-back-on-track-or-is-that-a-rut/

Higher learning? The quest for a Northern University in Canada

http://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2018/06/19/canada-university-north-education-college-yukon-nwt-nunavut/

Economic development in the North: The taboo no one wants to talk about

http://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2018/01/30/economic-development-in-the-north-the-taboo-no-one-wants-to-talk-about/

About that bear – Why the media keeps getting the Arctic wrong

http://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2017/12/15/blog-about-that-bear-why-the-media-keeps-getting-the-arctic-wrong/

Arctic Council continues to defy pessimism

http://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2017/05/16/blog-arctic-council-continues-to-defy-pessimism/

The innovation imperative in Arctic policy

http://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/2016/11/30/blog-the-innovation-imperative-in-arctic-policy/

See more Eye on the Arctic posts here:

http://www.rcinet.ca/eye-on-the-arctic/author/heather/ 

and

https://www.adn.com/author/heather-exner-pirot/

SIEDN Blogs

Harvesting the Forest - An Interview with Randy Johns

http://sfnedn.com/2019/02/11/harvesting-the-forest-an-interview-with-randy-johns/ 

Fishy Business: Indigenous Aquaculture in Central Canada – An Interview with Nicholas Huber

http://sfnedn.com/2018/12/05/fishy-business-aquaculture-a-growing-concern-an-interview-with-nicholas-huber/

Indigenous Tourism Hitting New Strides in Saskatchewan: An Interview with Christian Boyle

http://sfnedn.com/2018/08/07/indigenous-tourism-hitting-new-strides-in-saskatchewan-an-interview-with-christian-boyle/

Values And Integrity The Key To Flying Dust’s Economic Success: An Interview with Albert Derocher

http://sfnedn.com/2018/06/13/values-and-integrity-the-key-to-flying-dusts-economic-success-an-interview-with-albert-derocher/

Finance And First Nations: An Interview with Keith Fonstad

http://sfnedn.com/2018/02/01/finance-first-nations-interview-keith-fonstad/

See more SFNEDN blog posts here:

http://sfnedn.com/blogs/


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