Author: Irving vs Irving | Pipe Dreams: The Fight for Canada's Energy Future | Beaverbrook: A Shattered Legacy | The Right Fight | Imaginary Line
Fredericton, NB, Canada
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I am happy to report that I’ve been working on a new postscript for Irving vs Irving that will bring the story up to date. It will be including in the next print run of the paperback later this year.
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Today’s the day! Breakaway is available wherever you buy books.
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🏒 AVAILABLE NOW 🏒
Happy pub day to Karissa Donkin's Breakaway: The PWHL and the Women Who Changed the Game!
In Breakaway, Donkin tells the story of the players’ efforts to create the PWHL, long before the game-changing first full season in 2024.
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Popped into Bookmark Fredericton today, where they’ve received some early copies of Breakaway! 👀
There’s nothing like seeing your book on the shelf for the first time.
Available everywhere on September 23!
Nation-building energy projects? They said that about Energy East, too — as I recounted in my 2018 book. The players have changed, but the economic and political tensions are identical to when I drove across six provinces to tell the stories of supporters and opponents.
Poilievre tours Hardisty, AB, which I referred to as “Kilometre Zero” in my book. He’s not exaggerating the importance of the town, which is in the riding where he hopes to win a byelection.
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The tiny town of 623 people moves $90 billion in energy a year—that’s more than the GDP of some countries.
Meet Hardisty.
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Coming to a bookseller near you on Sept. 30 👀
Pre-order your copy starting on April 15! I can’t wait to share this with the world.
My book on the project, Pipe Dreams, remains surprisingly timely as an examination of Canadian polarization over energy projects, however.
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Quebec Premier François Legault, arriving at first ministers meetings in Ottawa, says “opinion is changing” on oil and gas pipelines in Quebec, but that social acceptance - and a proponent - is still needed for them to go ahead. #Cdnpoli
Paging Lord Ashburton. Lord Ashburton, Daniel Webster for you on line 2.
This could help explain this moment to our readers who may believe that, because the idea of annexing Canada sounds ridiculous, it can't be serious.
TLDR; It's not a joke.
A gift link here --> nytimes.com/2025/03/07/world…
Every paragraph of this is a delight. (I’ve loved all my editors, I must say.) newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…
Aroostook County wisdom. #ImaginaryLine
The Maine economy is integrated with Canada, our most important trading partner. Certain tariffs will impose a significant burden on many families, manufacturers, the forest products industry, small businesses, lobstermen, and agricultural producers.
For example, 95 percent of the heating oil used by most Mainers to heat their homes comes from refineries in Canada. The Air National Guard Base in Bangor depends completely on jet fuel and diesel from Canada. From fisheries to potato farmers to paper mills, these tariffs will have a significant impact on Maine’s economy and risk increasing costs for our residents.
I am working with the Trump Administration to help its officials better understand the potential ramifications of certain tariffs on Maine and to find out more about their implementation, scope, duration, and other important information, including any exemptions they may make for northern border states, certain industries, agricultural producers, and others who rely on trade with Canada.
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This is like a little city kid asking for a pony. Let's play it out: how can construction begin immediately on NGP or Energy East? In the case of EE, there has been no regulatory approval, no detailed route, limited consultation with indigenous peoples and there is no proponent.
How about this for building a “Team Canada 🇨🇦” approach?
1. Stop threatening the livelihoods of tens of thousands of Albertans & Canadians via an energy export tax or ban.
2. Immediately start construction on the Northern Gateway & Energy East pipelines to diversify our customer base to Europe, Asia and our own country
3. Tell Germany, Japan and the rest of the world that there is, in fact, a “business case” for Canadian oil and gas to be sold to them
4. Repeal the unconstitutional and job killing production cap, electricity regs and C-69
5. Treat with respect, and as an equal partner, the Alberta taxpayers that have been transferring hundreds of billions to Quebec, the Maritimes and even Ontario, for decades.
Let’s start there on building our “Team Canada” approach shall we?
Ha ha ha. My 2018 book about Energy East, Pipe Dreams, is still available for sale.
I posted a transcript of my remarks at last night’s “For the Love of Books” fundraiser: medium.com/@PoitrasBook/beco…
This coming Friday!
Looking forward to nerding out about books and libraries at this event: charlottestreetarts.ca/event…
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Saw a guy reading a book and writing notes in it. Not enough words in there for ya bud ?
An undefended but uneasy border: strong Imaginary Line vibes in this Globe piece. theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
