Newfoundland isn’t waiting for Liberal permission to sell its resources

Energy is everything—so why is the federal government doing everything in its power to choke it out? Despite crushing regulations, carbon taxes, and endless bureaucratic blockades, Canada's resource sector is finding a way to fight back on its own. Look at Newfoundland and Labrador: they’re currently smashing RBC’s growth charts with a 4% GDP surge. Why? Because they’re on the coast, they don’t need Ottawa's permission for interprovincial pipelines, and they are capitalizing on offshore oil and a massive mining boom. Meanwhile, Alberta just saw first oil at IPC’s Blackrod project—the largest greenfield oil sands development in a decade. But at just 30,000 barrels a day, it shows exactly how much the industry has been starved of capital after giants like Tech walked away from billion-dollar projects due to political sabotage.