On this episode of the Energy Security Cubed Podcast, Kelly Ogle and Joe Calnan interview Trevor Tombe about the financial and economic basis of the Trans Mountain Pipeline.

You can find Trevor's article for The Hub here: https://thehub.ca/2024-04-30/trevor-tombe-the-trans-mountain-pipeline-was-worth-every-penny/

You can find our previous podcast with Trevor here: https://www.cgai.ca/the_impact_of_energy_in_the_federal_budget_with_trevor_tombe

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For the intro session, Kelly and Joe discuss the Ksi Lisims LNG project and alleged collusion with OPEC in the US tight oil industry.

CGAI's events in Toronto and Ottawa with Kent Fellows: https://www.cgai.ca/2024_energy_security_forum_roundtables_series_the_influence_of_energy_on_canadas_role_on_the_world_stage

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Guest Bio:

- Trevor Tombe is a Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary, a Research Fellow at The School of Public Policy, and co-director of Finances of the Nation.

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Host Bio:

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

- Joe Calnan is a Fellow and Energy Security Forum Manager at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute

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Reading recommendations:

- "Last Barrel Standing? Confronting the Myth of “High-Cost” Canadian Oil Sands Production", by Kent Fellows: https://www.cdhowe.org/public-policy-research/last-barrel-standing-confronting-myth-high-cost-canadian-oil-sands

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Interview recording Date: May 8, 2024

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Produced by Joe Calnan. Music credits to Drew Phillips.