On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Joe and Kelly talk with Jack Mintz about the competitiveness implications of the Canada-Alberta MoU for oil CCUS and export, in relation to his recent article for the Financial Post: https://financialpost.com/opinion/jack-mintz-alberta-getting-pipeline-or-sold-pipe-dream

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For the intro segment, Kelly and Joe discuss the impacts of American and Ukrainian moves to curtail Russian oil export.

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Guest Bio:

- Jack Mintz is an accomplished Canadian economist with affiliations with the University of Calgary, the CD Howe Institute, and the MacDonald Laurier Institute

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Host Bio:

- Kelly Ogle is Managing Director of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

- Joe Calnan is VP Energy and Calgary Operations at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

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Reading Recommendations:

- "Hitler's People: The Faces of the Third Reich", by Richard Evans: https://www.amazon.ca/Hitlers-People-Faces-Third-Reich/dp/0593296427

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Interview recording Date: December 3, 2025

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.