Pipeline Online Podcast

Ep. 20 Estella Petersen, oilsands heavy equipment operator

Estella Petersen is a member of Cowessess First Nation and is a heavy equipment operator for a large operator in the oilsands. She speaks of how she got there, and the opportunities for First Nations people such as herself. We don't have a lot of people who wear a hardhat all day, so her perspective is a little different. 

Ep. 19 Grant Greenslade, on junior oil producers and southwest Saskatchewan

Grant Greenslade has spent many years in the junior producer space, first with a family oil business in southwest Saskatchewan and then through the first three Spartan companies. He's also a former councillor and mayor of Shaunavon, providing a southwest Sask perspective we don't get to hear a lot. 

Ep. 18 Eric Anderson of SIMSA on energy forum and nuclear development

Eric Anderson is the executive director of the Saskatchewan Industrial and Mining Suppliers Association, or SIMSA. They are holding an Energy Suppliers Forum in Regina on Oct. 8. SIMSA has also been tasked with puting together a supply chain for nuclear power development in Saskatchewan. 

Ep. 17 Andrew Roman - Climate activists using children and the Charter in climate change litigation

Retired lawyer Andrew Roman joins the Pipeline Online Podcast to talk about the recent trend in climate change activist lawfare to use children as their frontmen and Section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Roman has been around major project law going back as far as the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, and he just may have been the person to introduce the term "No More Pipelines Act." You might have heard of it. 

Ep. 16 Nuclear advocate Dr. Chris Keefer

Dr. Chris Keefer is a leading nuclear power generation advocate in Ontario and President Canadians for Nuclear Energy. He's also a Toronto Emergency Room physician. As Saskatchewan is looking seriously at nuclear power, Ontario has long led the way.

Aleana Young, Sask NDP on coal and nuclear Ep. 15 Pipeline Online Podcast

Saskatchewan NDP Shadow Minister for Economy and Jobs Aleana Young is also the critic for SaskPower. She discussed the NDP's response to the Saskatchewan Party government's plan to rejuvenate its coal-fired power fleet. The discussion also went into the NDP's plans for nuclear power, "From rock to reactor." It's a lively discussion. 

Ep 14 Blaine Mersereau of NeeStaNan Utility Corridor to Hudson Bay

While there's been a lot of talk about shipping out of Hudson Bay, most of that has focused on Churchill. But a competing project is in the works, with a terminus at Port Nelson. It's called NeeStaNan, which means "All of us" in Cree. The idea would be to build a brand new port close to where one was attempted unsuccessfully over 100 years ago, at the mouth of the Churchill River. This new port would be built offshore, and could be used for a variety of commodities, including LNG and potash. But surprisingly, this podcast revealed that the First Nations backers are not keen on an oil pipeline, which premiers from Saskatchewan and Alberta are eager for. 

Ep. 13 Greg Rickford, Ontario Minister for Ring of Fire

The massive Northern Ontario critical minerals develoment known as the "Ring of Fire" has been years in the making, and is still many more years to go. Federal government overregulation is a key issue, according to guest Greg Rickford, Ontario Minister for Ring of Fire. Are there parallels to be drawn here with oil and gas pipelines? Is the Ring of Fire another example of "Can'tada?" At the end, Bronwyn Eyre and Brian Zinchuk discuss those broader implications, including the possibility of using a port on Hudson Bay for exports. 

Ep. 12 Jeremy Harrison on Saskatchewan rebuilding its coal fleet

Minister of Crown Investments Corp. and SaskPower Jeremy Harrison explains how Saskatchewan will indeed proceed with rebuilding its three coal-fired power stations and run them for years as a bridge to eventual baseload nuclear power generation. This is the most significant energy policy decision Saskatchewan has made in a decade, and likely for years to come. It also lends to the possibility of adding more carbon capture, and using that CO2 to greatly expand CO2-enhanced oil recovery. 

Ep. 11 Dr. Tammy Nemeth, Energy Analyst

Dr. Tammy Nemeth is an energy analyst, originally from southern Saskatchewan now based Oxford, UK. She does a lot of work on the "energy transition" that is being forced upon our society, and how unrealistic that is. Originally broadcast June 9, 2025.