Venezuela's Oil Sector in Tatters. Why Trump Isn't After Oil Trump can run Venezuela, but that doesn't mean he can persuade US oil CEOs to invest billions and years of effort to restore its production. With @ed hirs, @UHouston. #abpoli #cdnpoli youtu.be/hxZmlUXSAEs

"This is not Canadian language and it very clearly aligns with President Trump." — Markham Hislop, Energi Media, on the CPC’s recent shift toward MAGA-style rhetoric. #ABpoli #ABleg #Cndpoli

Should Canada be Worried About Trump's Invasion of Venezuela? Quick overview of the Top 3 issues @energimedia will be focusing on in our reporting. #cdnpoli #abpoli youtu.be/b8ASi2EIDrg @mark-carney.bsky.social

I wrote this yesterday: "Law or Leverage: Canada and the New Arctic Reality." Similar principles to Trump's invasion of Venezuela: international law vs might makes right. Today's invasion has big implications for Canada. markhamhislop.substack.com/p/law-or-lev...

Venezuela today, Canada tomorrow? When will the US impose the "Trump Corollary" on Canada? My essay from 2 weeks ago seems relevant after Trump's invasion of Venezuela this morning. markhamhislop.substack.com/p/venezuela-...

US Oil Patch Enjoys Record Output, Even as Drilling Slows 13.9 million b/d in Oct. No one expected efficiency gains to grow US output even as drillers cut back and laid down rigs. How will that affect prices in 2026? youtu.be/62KHlQlsvbc

Oops. Trump's Big Mistake: EVs Are About to Gut Asian Oil Demand He's not alone. @ABDanielleSmith and @MarkJCarney also think global oil demand will rise for decades. Nope. #abpoli #cdnpoli youtu.be/0U7qWXWlHSg

Wowsers. This "news report" from the "Anderson Desk" is entirely AI-generated nonsense. Worse yet, I'm seeing many similar channels on YouTube. And people think they're real, according to the comment. Beware, folks. #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTkc...

Wowsers. This "news report" from the "Anderson Desk" is entirely AI-generated nonsense. Worse yet, I'm seeing many similar channels on YouTube. And people think they're real, according to the comment. Beware, folks. #cdnpoli www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTkc...

Alberta Separatism is a Full Frontal Assault on Democracy Premier Danielle Smith may not be leading the charge, but she's aiding and abetting the enemy. Today's essay based on an interview with @UBC political scientist Stewart Prest. #ableg #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/alberta-se...

Best of 2025: Should Canada "Pull the Plug" on Trump? Grid engineer Scott Janzen says, yes, we could pull the plug. But best strategy is to re-direct ever more electricity east and west between provinces. #cdnpolitics youtu.be/OJLnk-u1RnA

Best of 2025: Trump Tells Border Guards to use "Extreme Vetting" for Canadians Hassled entering the United States? Ken Scott, who helps Canadians obtain visas and work permits, explains why. He explains what to say and what NOT to say at the border. youtu.be/Uzo1YEZKbo8

Decarbonize or Electrify? That is the only energy policy question Canada should be discussing in 2026 @mark-carney.bsky.social #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/decarboniz...

US Battery Sector Sputtering Under Trump, But Innovation is Key to Catching China Dr Denis Phares, CEO of Dragonfly Energy, about the future of the US battery supply chain. Canada will play a significant role, despite Trump's tariff war. #cdnpoli youtu.be/ALU_vxki700

Best of 2025: Why Trump Hates Canada Trump sees Canada as a hinterland supplying cheap raw materials to US industry. @MarkJCarney disagrees, builds new trade relationships with Asia, Europe. The bully has met his match. #cdnpoli youtu.be/DhVzGB9uYYs

Best of 2025: Canada's Oil Exports to US Grew Under Trump Remember the early 2025 panic when we thought Trump was going to put huge tariffs on Alberta oil exports? Didn't happen. In fact, total exports from the US rose this year. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli youtu.be/I2d0hxn5gFQ

Best of 2025: Alberta Oil Sands Losing Jobs. Why Expand? Why grow oil sands output to supply a 1MM b/d pipeline to the West Coast if there won't be more jobs? @mark-carney.bsky.social, care to weigh in? #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli youtu.be/PJm4IRFAqi0

Best of 2025: Alberta Oil Sands Losing Jobs. Why Expand? Why grow oil sands output to supply a 1MM b/d pipeline to the West Coast if there won't be more jobs? @mark-carney.bsky.social, care to weigh in? #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli youtu.be/PJm4IRFAqi0

Best of 2025: Canada's Oil Exports to US Grew Under Trump Remember the early 2025 panic when we thought Trump was going to put huge tariffs on Alberta oil exports? Didn't happen. In fact, total exports from the US rose this year. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli youtu.be/I2d0hxn5gFQ

Best of 2025: Why Trump Hates Canada Trump sees Canada as a hinterland supplying cheap raw materials to US industry. @MarkJCarney disagrees, builds new trade relationships with Asia, Europe. The bully has met his match. #cdnpoli youtu.be/DhVzGB9uYYs

US Battery Sector Sputtering Under Trump, But Innovation is Key to Catching China Dr Denis Phares, CEO of Dragonfly Energy, about the future of the US battery supply chain. Canada will play a significant role, despite Trump's tariff war. #cdnpoli youtu.be/ALU_vxki700

All Things Alberta with Senator Paula Simons As 2025 draws to a close and the New Year looms, Senator @Paulatics discusses the pressing political issues facing her home province. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli youtu.be/tJLrs7XDeXA

Alberta Separatism is a Full Frontal Assault on Democracy Political scientist @StewartPrest says advocating for separatism is fair play, but @ABDanielleSmith's changing the rules to favour the separatists is not. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli youtu.be/QBeZlGAE2yo

Why Can't We Keep Canadian Energy Technology in Canada? @eavor's closed-loop geothermal seems like the perfect power source for data centres. Why is AB pushing gas? Eavor's based in Calgary. Uses oil sands drilling tech. Makes no sense @abdaniellesmith youtu.be/pylj5zhHJjk

Electrotech is Just Better Technology ...and it's going to get better and cheaper for years to come. A big reason why the Age of Electricity has arrived, and the Age of Oil is dead. youtu.be/mBlTuLrKeLc

Canadians have a hard time understanding that for Alberta's MAGA-style govt, *cruelty* is a feature, not a bug. Change requires friction, stress, and sacrifice. If people are hurt or die, they're "acceptable losses." It's how the NRA thinks about guns. thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...

Alberta Separatists are MAGA Power Mongers Davies, Rath, Parker - power-hungry hacks, all of them. They bow to Trump and MAGA culture on bended knee. They reject democratic restraint. They are traitors to the idea of Canada. #cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/alberta-se...

Merry Christmas from the Energi Media Gang!! youtu.be/-zk-1i_x3aw

DOGE and Elon Musk's Libertarian Fever Dream Can the US govt be more efficient? Sure, says Prof. Lindsay McCormack, but that's not what DOGE was about. DOGE was part of Trump's "ungoverning" strategy to break the "administrative state." @DCInbox youtu.be/6EQqcXpcXz4

The Electric Future: Clean Energy Becomes Part of Everyday Culture Jigar Shah argues that clean energy is becoming such a common part of the US energy system that it now needs to become part of US culture. Music festival sponsorship, anyone? youtu.be/QR-5E4WqViE

Great cartoon. Know why it resonates? Alberta oil bros want to produce as much oil as Russia and Saudi Arabia (9.2MM b/d vs AB's 4MM b/d today)...and have the economic and political clout that goes with it. They are frustrated "masters of the universe." Separatism is about power. Nothing more.

What Smith embodies is something political theorists increasingly describe as libertarian authoritarianism, a paradoxical but now well-documented phenomenon in which the language of freedom is used to justify the concentration of power, the erosion of democratic norms, and the dismantling ...

Merry Christmas, Alberta Thoughts on why 2026 may not be a Happy New Year. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/merry-chri...

'Alberta Next' Report a Sign That Alberta Election is Coming in 2026 @DuaneBratt makes a persuasive argument. The bit I find most compelling? @ABDanielleSmith is facing a sh*tstorm of ginormous proportions later in 2026. Might as well go early. #abpoli youtu.be/r92KM8BrP6k

Donald Trump is a Communist. Here's Why Mark Carney Should Be One, Too The US govt likes taking equity in private companies. Trump has no problem with public ownership. Why should Canada, @MarkJCarney? #bcpoli #abpoli #onpoli #cdnpoli youtu.be/sg3k_Sk7NPI

Donald Trump is a communist. Why isn't Mark Carney? Stop believing US free enterprise myths. Trump is just the latest president to use "public ownership" as economic policy. Why doesn't Canada? Perhaps @MarkJCarney will explain. #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/donald-tru...

For those who pay attention this sums it beautifully. Elizabeth May is one smart cookie. We have known that for some time. She lays bare the issues. Don't forget she is a politician without care for her popularity. I cant stress this enough. Those are the ones to listen to.

If Curves are Destiny, You Need to Understand the S-Curve The Age of Electricity has arrived. The Age of Oil is over. Module 2 of @energmedia's (free) energy transition training course helps explain why and how. #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/if-curves-...

Consumers, Not Policy, Now Driving Global EV Sales Interview with Euan Graham of @ember-energy.org about his new report, “The EV leapfrog - how emerging markets are driving a global EV boom.” #electricvehicles youtu.be/tg_TP__eiXs

Why Isn't Canada a Full Member of Trump's 'Pax Silica'? Canadians won't like the answer Answer: Trump thinks Canada is a raw materials hinterland whose job is to supply the industrialized US. Not a peer. Not important. @mark-carney.bsky.social #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/why-isnt-c...

'Alberta Next' Report a Sign That Alberta Election is Coming in 2026 Interview w/@DuaneBratt about his Substack esssay, “Alberta Is Going to the Polls in 2026.” What do you think? Will Smith call it early? #ableg #abpoli youtu.be/r92KM8BrP6k

What Does 2026 Hold for Canada's Auto Sector? OEMs pulling back from EVs. Further Trump attacks. Plants moved to the USA. All of the above are plausible and not great for Canada. #cdnpoli youtu.be/AHL-FTSlywI

Folks this is a must read!

Elizabeth May Dishes on Carney, Smith, Pipeline and More! The @canadiangreens.bsky.social MP has some choice comments about @mark-carney.bsky.social, @abdanielsmith.bsky.social, the AB pipeline MOU, and much more. Must watch! youtu.be/9aYrPib5fgQ

Trump's One "Yuuge" Mistake Carney, Hodgson, Smith, Eby, Canadian oil CEOs are making the same mistake #bcpoli #abpoli #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/trumps-one...

Dear Canada: Stop Thinking Climate, Start Thinking Clean Energy My latest Substack essay. Now with bonus video embedded!! #bcpoli #abpoli #onpoli #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/dear-canad...

Dear Premier Eby: Investing in Electrotech Is More Profitable than More BC LNG Interview w/Ian Sanderson, senior analyst with the @Pembina Institute's oil and gas program. @Dave_Eby @adriandix @MarkJCarney @timhodgson #bcpoli #cdnpoli youtu.be/9h9GW0_5oiU

Interview: Portuguese Data Centre Developers on Building in Alberta @ABDanielleSmith, @BrianJeanAB were hugely hyping this announcement, so I decided to dig into it. Seems legit. Co.s are already doing prep work on the ground in AB. #ableg #abpoli youtu.be/Gu0_feOGQhE

Venezuela today, Canada tomorrow? Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine: revives US hemispheric dominance by asserting a unilateral right to intervene in the Western Hemisphere. Don't get too comfortable, my fellow Canucks. #cdnpoli @markjcarney markhamhislop.substack.com/p/venezuela-...