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• Bill C-39 and Canada’s Regulatory Alphabet Soup: Former CER CEO Gitane De Silva Explains

  October 6, 2026 · 43 min

  This podcast is also available as a video on YouTube  The federal government introduced Bill C-39 (Building Canada Strong Act) on September 21, 2026. The bill aims to complete project reviews in one year, with a single window for…

• The Battery Race: A Conversation with Bob Galyen

  September 29, 2026 · 40 min

  This week, we recorded the podcast at the Energy Disruptors: UNITE conference in Calgary. Our guest, Bob Galyen, is one of the top executives in the battery energy storage world and the former Chief Technology Officer of CATL. He now…

• Alberta Data Centres: Opportunity and Opposition

  September 23, 2026 · 46 min

  This podcast is also available as a video on Youtube  Data centres have faced growing public backlash in the United States. In Alberta, opposition has been less widespread, and the provincial government supports the industry, but…

• A Bullish Outlook for Canadian and U.S. Natural Gas

  September 15, 2026 · 45 min

  This podcast is also available as a video on Youtube  This week on the podcast, our guest is Dulles Wang, Director of Americas Gas and LNG Research at Wood Mackenzie. Dulles co-authored the report Defying Gravity: Why U.S. Henry Hub…

• Canada’s Growing LPG Trade with Asia: A Conversation with Vern Yu

  September 8, 2026 · 43 min

  This week on the podcast, our guest is Vern Yu, President and CEO of AltaGas. AltaGas operates a midstream business focused on processing, transporting and marketing hydrocarbons, including natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs), such…

• Tariffs, Tankers, and Data Centre Tensions

  September 1, 2026 · 44 min

  The podcast is back after the summer break! Peter and Jackie begin with the escalating U.S.–Canada trade war, including renewed calls to use Canadian energy exports as leverage by reducing exports or imposing tariffs. Both approaches would…

• Hormuz Risk, Pipeline Momentum, and Alberta’s New Gigawatt Data Centre

  July 15, 2026 · 41 min

  This week’s podcast is the final episode before Peter and Jackie take a summer break. The show will return to its weekly schedule in September.  The episode begins with oil market news, as conflict with Iran flares up again and the Strait…

• Oil Pipeline News, Plus Natural Gas with Enbridge’s Michele Harradence

  July 7, 2026 · 45 min

  This week, the podcast starts with news on the West Coast oil pipeline. On July 2, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced that a pipeline project exceeding 1 MMB/d was ready to be submitted to the Major…