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Rick Smith Contributors

Last published Nov. 2025 · On our record since 2021

Where this writer stands

Energy2 pieces

Restrict new oil and gasExpand production and export
“Our policy advice is pretty simple: Clean up electricity and electrify everything possible. This is the nation-building project Canada needs and one that provides unprecedented opportunities for a new era of co-operative leadership between the federal and provincial levels.” Read the piece

Climate2 pieces

Faster fossil phase-downSlower phase-down, production first
“Historians will look back on the U.S. raising the white flag on the energy transition as a catastrophic error, putting North America at risk of becoming an island of fossil fuels in an electrifying world. Canada should take note and choose a better path.” Read the piece

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