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Reports and research

Discover in-depth reports and research from Canada’s natural resource sector. Our research page features comprehensive studies, data-driven insights, and expert analysis that help explain the trends, challenges, and opportunities shaping the industry—informing decisions for policymakers, businesses, and communities.

The confusion around natural resources in Canada

ESSAY: Who wants to start a process and commit money to developing a project under circumstances of prevailing uncertainty and confusion in law and practice? In this sweeping essay, longtime political affairs columnist Jeffrey Simpson
  • Mining, Oil & Gas

POLICY NOTE: A closer look at Bill C-48, the proposed ban on shipping oil along British Columbia’s north coast

After careful consideration, we've found that Bill C-48 comes up short in striking a balance between environmental and economic interests.
  • Mining, Oil & Gas

The path to Canadian Energy 2.0

POLICY NOTE: The business of energy is facing a crisis of perception around the world, causing energy exporters to become increasingly strategic in how they approach climate risk, economic growth, and politics. Canada is going
  • Forestry, Manufacturing, Mining, Nuclear, Oil & Gas

Citizen’s Guide: Economic impacts of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

In our ongoing Citizen's Guide series, Resource Works tackles the question of what economic benefits will flow from completion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion project. This document was independently prepared by veteran journalists Stewart
  • Mining, Oil & Gas

The true cost of climate litigation in Canada

POLICY BRIEF: Should corporations be sued for supplying fuels to local residents? Stewart Muir, Resource Works founding executive director, takes a look at a campaign imported from the United States where it has met with
  • Oil & Gas

Citizen’s Guide to Tanker Safety & Spill Response: Second edition now available

An authoritative and comprehensive source of relevant information about oil tanker safety and spill response on the south coast of British Columbia.
  • Oil & Gas

Healing the Divide: A plan for B.C.’s rural development strategy

REPORT: In contemporary British Columbia, non-Native society is embracing more and more of the Indigenous approach to sustainable resource development. This Resource Works submission to the provincial Rural Development Strategy shows how this is tied
  • Reconciliation

COUNTRY FOCUS: Taiwan claims its role in international climate action

In this free downloadable report, Resource Works looks at how Taiwan is dealing with pressures to curtail its greenhouse gas emissions. LNG is shaping up as a vital part of the solution.
  • Renewables

Vancouver’s “de facto” ban on natural gas: A study

A trio of city policies amounts to a de facto ban on natural gas in pursuit of a "100% renewable energy" target. Moreover, the ban is based on insufficient renewable natural gas and could blunt
  • Oil & Gas, Renewables

Fortifying Canada’s relationship with our natural resources.

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