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Andrew Nikiforuk
Publishing · On our record since 2003
Where this writer stands
Climate2 pieces
Faster fossil phase-downSlower phase-down, production first
“by adding value you mean accelerating the rate at which a finite, polluting resource is consumed so increased demand can drive up the price” Read the piece
Energy2 pieces
Restrict new oil and gasExpand production and export
“by adding value you mean accelerating the rate at which a finite, polluting resource is consumed so increased demand can drive up the price and put more moolah in the pockets of the gas industry.” Read the piece
Fiscal policy1 piece
Higher taxes and public spendingLower taxes and tighter spending
“Ah, the success of low taxes and less red tape, she enthuses.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Resign, Danielle Smith. ResignOpinion · The Tyee · Oct 23, 2026
- Why the US Licks Its Chops at a ‘Free’ AlbertaNews · The Tyee · Oct 8, 2026
- Lights! Camera! Action! Roll the Data Centre Sell Job! | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Aug 20, 2026
- Premier Smith’s Warm Embrace of Meta | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jul 13, 2026
- The One Bird Danielle Smith Is Most Like | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jul 28, 2025
- The Stink of BS at Premier Smith’s Coal Town Hall | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jun 12, 2025
- How Alberta Gave Measles the Advantage | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · May 27, 2025
- Alberta Surrenders to the Australian Coal Lobby | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Dec 22, 2024
- A Reeling Left Must Face the Great Divide | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Nov 17, 2024
- Wildfires, Grief and Paralysis | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jul 29, 2024
- Last Week’s Tech Meltdown Is a Wake-Up Call | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jul 22, 2024
- Dear TMX Oilsands Pipeline Owner (That’s You) | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Oct 12, 2023
- What Do Albertans Demand of Their Politicians? | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Apr 3, 2023
- How Plastic Words Mask Reality | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Feb 28, 2023
- Is Jason Kenney Guilty of Criminal Negligence? | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Sep 30, 2021
- Resign, Kenney, Resign | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Sep 15, 2021
- Political Parasite Invades Alberta | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Sep 6, 2021
- Speaking for the Old Growth | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jul 11, 2021
- Kenney’s Coal ‘Review’ Is Just One More Betrayal | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Apr 20, 2021
- Where’s the Political Leadership We Need? | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Nov 5, 2020
- Put the Billionaires on a Rocket to Mars | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Mar 1, 2020
- Approve the Teck Mine. Teach Alberta the Law of Holes | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Feb 13, 2020
- Wet’suwet’en Raids: Canada Chooses Colonialism Again | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Feb 5, 2020
- Huawei to Hell | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jan 26, 2020
- The Silly, Scary Truth about Alberta’s New Ministry of Truth | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Dec 31, 2019
- Scheer Folly: Promised Coast-to-Coast Energy Corridor Makes No Sense | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Oct 15, 2019
- A Strike for Our Children | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Sep 19, 2019
- The Green New Deal Battles Business as Usual. Both Will Doom Us | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Aug 20, 2019
- The Right Whale in the Wrong Place | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jul 10, 2019
- Twerps, the Apocalypse, Pipelines and Vonnegut | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jun 24, 2019
- Who, or What, Will Stop the Battle against Biodiversity? | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · May 27, 2019
- Frustrated by Pipeline Myths Albertans Tell Themselves? Here Are the Facts | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · May 20, 2019
- Against ‘Sustainability’ and Other Plastic Words | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · May 1, 2019
- The Victory Speech Alberta Will Never Hear | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Apr 15, 2019
- Both Notley and Kenney Hiding from a $260-Billion Cleanup Problem | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Apr 8, 2019
- The Coddling of the Alberta Mind | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Apr 7, 2019
- NEB ‘Reconsideration Report’ a New Low for Failing Agency | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Feb 22, 2019
- Horgan Goes from Lion to Lamb on the Trans Mountain Pipeline | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jan 9, 2019
- How ‘Air Barrels’ Let Companies Game the Pipeline System and Cut Prices — and Royalties | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Nov 27, 2018
- How Non-Disclosure Agreements Have Become a Cancer on Democracy | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Oct 17, 2018
- Party’s Over: Why We Need to Abolish Political Parties | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jun 28, 2018
- Canada’s Dirty $20-Billion Pipeline Bailout | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · May 28, 2018
- Canadian Taxpayers Held Hostage by Kinder Morgan | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · May 22, 2018
- Facts About Kinder Morgan Canadian Taxpayers Need to Know | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Apr 19, 2018
- Canada’s Bizarre and Destructive Descent into Petro Politics | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Apr 15, 2018
- Kinder Morgan’s Blackmail | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Apr 10, 2018
- Site C, Other Dams Symptoms of Broken Democracy, Says Former Regulator | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Apr 8, 2018
- The Evidence Adds Up: Site C Is Still a Train Wreck | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Mar 29, 2018
- Trudeau, Notley and Trans Mountain Claims: A Tyee Fact Check | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Mar 20, 2018
- The Emperor’s New Clothes | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Mar 6, 2018
- The Curse of Energy Efficiency | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Feb 25, 2018
- Five Reasons the Aecon Buyout Is Bad for Canada | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jan 23, 2018
- The Iron Law, Or What Every Politician Should Know About Megaprojects | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jan 8, 2018
- How to Fight Site C | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jan 3, 2018
- Another Dam Christmas Carol: The Ghost of Muskrat Madness | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Dec 21, 2017
- Breaking Bad: The Pathology of Site C | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Dec 11, 2017
- The Pipeline Tyrants | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Dec 7, 2017
- The Illusion of Progress: China’s Electric Cargo Ship To Carry Coal | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Dec 7, 2017
- Trudeau, Orwell and ‘Deliverology’ | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Nov 22, 2017
- Why Is Trudeau Blowing His Chance to Curb Dangerous, Climate-Warming Methane? | The TyeeOpinion · The Tyee · Jun 6, 2017