Joe Oliver
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Plunging public revenues force finance ministers to examine low oil prices
Provincial finance ministers from across Canada gather in Ottawa to meet with their federal counterpart
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Feds set deadline for resource company payment reporting
The move is a reaction to ongoing revelations that extractive companies have been paying foreign governments and their proxies vast sums to win lucrative resource engineering deals.
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Harper government tones down rhetoric as Northern Gateway pipeline inches closer
Back in January 2012, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver referred to opponents of Northern Gateway as foreign-funded “radicals.” Now he’s taking a less antagonistic approach.
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Natural Resources Minister in Washington to to promote Canadian energy…again
The meeting follows signals from the Prime Minister to work more closely on emissions regulations to help win approval for the Keystone XL pipeline
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Pipeline expansions still needed despite price gap narrowing
Oil from Western Canada needs better access to new markets
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Natural Resources minister tours refinery, touts west-east pipeline
Toured Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, N.B., before promoting proposal to city’s board of trade
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Still plenty of private cash for oilsands: natural resources minister
Comments come on heels of new rules placing strict limits on acceptability of foreign influence
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Canada announces joint fund with Israel to explore energy science, technology
Projects financed by fund will mainly involve private industry
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Canada signs energy agreement with Israel
Agrees to share information on extraction of oil from shale, offshore projects and renewable energy.
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Ottawa ‘streamlines’ eco reviews
Environmental assessment rules overhaul praised by industry, criticized by environmental groups.
