@markhamhislop.bsky.social
Professional: energy transition journalist, expert. Publisher at Energi Media. Personal: husband, father, grandfather. Dog daddy. Hockey and baseball fan. E-bike rider. Western Canadian (who loves the rest of the country, too).
Announcement: Free Trade Deal Coming for Canada and India
Economist Werner Antweiler, @UBC discussed today's announcement by PM Mark Carney of a new trade deal with India.
Energy will be a big part of the final agreement.
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Come back with your real name, and maybe I'll take your comment seriously. Cowards hide behind anonymity.
02.03.2026 22:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Oil, LNG Prices Spike as Iran Conflict Continues
Ron Bousso, senior columnist for Thomson Reuters, discusses oil, LNG markets and the likelihood that Middle Eastern tensions will keep prices high.
#IranWar #IranIsraelWar
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Carney's Response to Iran Attack Consistent with Davos Speech - expert
PM @mark-carney.bsky.social is threading a needle: not to antagonize Trump while negotiating trade deals with other middle powers as the old "rules-based order" collapses.
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US-Israel "Decapitating" Iran's Leadership Changes Little
Killing the leadership but leaving intact the Revolutionary Guard + clerical network is a recipe for failure.
Regardless of what @realdonaldtrump claims.
#IranWar #IranIsraelWar
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You and Lloyd Axworthy should hang out. You're both stuck in the 1990s.
02.03.2026 02:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
I have. And I disagree with it. Justin is a smart guy and I enjoy interviewing him, but my take comes from interviews with economists and international relations experts. Justin is neither of those.
Tell you what. Respond to Justin's piece and tell him he should read mine.
Baying Hounds in a Fractured World: The Canadian Fox Is Not Yet Run to Ground
A more nuanced view of the Prime Minister @mark-carney.bsky.social's response to the US-Israel attack
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Gil McGowan Hopes Ordinary Albertans Will Protest Smith's Attack on Democracy, Cost of Living
Energi Media's audience is critical of Smith/the UCP. With good reason, according to my expert interviews.
May 29. Circle it on your calendar.
#abpoli #ableg
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That was the first video this morning about the Iran attack. The second, with international affairs prof James Hardcastle was very different, including a couple of questions about Carney.
Have a watch. Plenty of good insights from Hardcastle.
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@bigclimate.bsky.social:
"Is there any universe in which, right now, we can say that Canada is behaving like an electro state and not a petro state?"
@markhamhislop.bsky.social:
"No."
#ClimateChange #EnergyTransition #cdnpoli #abpoli #ClimateSky #CanadaSky
Trump's Attack on Iran About to Light the Middle East on Fire
Typical Trump.
Wants regime change, but no endgame. Doesn't understand that the Revolutionary Guards are more radical than the current leaders.
Prof James Hardcastle explains.
#Iran
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From @BobRae48's Substack this morning:
"...3 rules of Roy Cohn, Joseph McCarthy’s acolyte and Donald Trump’s mentor. 1st rule is “attack, attack attack.” 2nd rule is “never apologize”. 3rd rule is “whatever happens, declare victory.’
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US, Israel Attack Iran. Carney Supports the Military Action
@UHouston energy economist Ed Hirs provides initial reactions to the attack on Iran by American and Israeli military forces early Saturday morning.
#USAttackOnIran #cdnpoli
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Excellent. Please stay away in the future, too.
28.02.2026 13:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Turns out, Trump Has Far Less Leverage Over Canada Than We Thought
This started as a chat with economist @edhirs about why Canada is still buying US treasury bonds.
Leverage with Trump? Nope, said Ed.
Ok. What leverage does Trump have?
@cdnpoli
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Despite Record Royalties, Danielle Smith is Desperate for More Oil Cash
Have you seen ABGov O&G royalties under Smith? Oh. My. Gawd.
Will producing more oil and building more pipelines solve the problem Alberta is actually trying to fix?
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Canada's EV Deal with Germany - Auto Strategy in Transition
Joanna Kyriazis of Clean Energycan discusses Canada's plan to re-engineer the country's auto sector.
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Worried About Tariffs, More Confidence in Mark Carney Than Pierre Poilievre
Canadians are worried about the economy and following US tariff news very closely, says Mario Canseco of Research Co.
They prefer Carney to Poilievre on economic issues.
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Imagine how much this grates on the nerves of Alberta oil CEOs.
AB has the 4th highest oil reserves in the world.
Low production costs. But is landlocked and building pipelines is difficult.
AB CEOs = Junior masters of the universe who could be so much more if not for Ottawa.
Thank you, Linda.😃
26.02.2026 20:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I thoroughly enjoyed this column by Markham Hislop.
He always has a way of making the complicated world more understandable.
Fair comment. And you're quite right to draw attention to parties who negotiate and behave in bad faith, as Smith does. That's why I wrote this essay. She is a political pathogen. Watch for my next essay, with a very provocative title, Is Danielle Smith a Monster?
26.02.2026 20:00 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Idea of Canada
What really makes Canada the greatest nation in the world and a beacon of hope in dark times...
...and the greatest danger to Canada is Danielle Smith.
Spoiler alert: I don't even mention her support for separatism.
#cdnpoli #ableg
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Services, Not Manufactured Goods, Could Underpin Carney's New Trade Deals
@ubc trade economist Prof John Ries discusses @MarkJCarney's upcoming trade mission to India, Japan, Australia.
Interesting take on what Canada can trade to emerging economies.
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How Donald Trump Does What He Does...and Why
It occurred to me during this interview that @PierrePoilievre is arguing he can beat Donald Trump at his own transactional/dominance negotiating strategy.
Not a chance.
Watch to understand why.
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Trump's Bullying of IEA a Wake-up Call for Canada
Energy Sec Chris Wright: Stop promoting net-zero or US will pull out of @iea.org
Canada needs data, modelling for trade negotiations, policy.
Where will @mark-carney.bsky.social Carney get it? Our own economists.
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I know, right? And probably Katy Perry's fault, too.
25.02.2026 19:57 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Does Danielle Smith Care About the Alberta Emergency Room Crisis? Dr Parks Is Skeptical
AB ER docs are suffering moral distress as patients die in waiting rooms.
Danielle Smith says ABGov is collaborating on a solution.
This is a lie.
#ableg
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How Donald Trump Does What He Does...and Why
Jeff Sonnenfeld, author of new book, "Trump's Ten Commandments" makes it all make sense.
Finally.
We even discuss how @MarkJCarney handles Trump. Surprisingly well, actually.
#donaldtrump #cdnpoli
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