Robyn Allan
About Robyn Allan
Robyn Allan has held many executive positions in the private and public sectors including President and CEO of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, Vice-President Finance for Parklane Ventures Ltd., and Senior Economist for B.C. Central Credit Union. She was the Economic and Financial Adviser to the Barrett Commission of Inquiry into the Quality of Condominium Construction in British Columbia. She has taught Money and Banking, Public Finance and Micro and Macro Economics at the university level as well as written numerous articles for newspapers and magazines including the Globe and Mail, Financial Post, Business in Vancouver and Enterprise magazine. More details on her website at RobynAllan.com
Did feds mislead you about pipeline costs?
What is Ottawa trying to hide with Trans Mountain? About $8 billion in subsidies and a project spiralling out of control
Robyn Allan: An open letter to Rachel Notley and Jason Kenney
Here's what you need to know to navigate the most challenging issue in your province’s history — the era of stranded assets in the oilsands.
$2 billion oil industry subsidy in the making as Trans Mountain files toll application
If Trans Mountain’s shippers don’t pay for the purchase of the legacy line in tolls charged to them, Canadian taxpayers will.
Trudeau’s oilsands supply outlook reflects a future that doesn’t exist
Prime Minister Trudeau is relying on an aggressive and outdated Western Canadian crude oil supply outlook to re-approve Trans Mountain’s expansion.
What Bill Morneau didn't tell Canadians about the Trans Mountain purchase
When Finance Minister Morneau delivered his Fall Economic Update in the third week of November he painted a rosy picture of Trans Mountain’s financial performance. What Morneau didn’t tell Canadians is that if he had included interest expense for the debt taken on to buy the pipeline, there is actually a loss.
False oil price narrative used to scare Canadians into accepting Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
When you crunch the numbers, and include the variety of methods even the smaller players rely on to protect their exposure including long-term supply arrangements, hedging and access to rail, it turns out that only about 20 per cent of oilsands supply is actually affected by the light-heavy differential.
Oil companies promised to pay for ocean protection, now taxpayers are footing the bill
Oil producers confirmed it would be a "great cost challenge" to ensure the safe tanker transport of toxic diluted bitumen through marine waterways. They also confirmed they were willing to pay that cost.
Commercial viability of Trans Mountain’s expansion just took a huge hit
When I wrote to Justin Trudeau on October 25, 2015—almost three years ago—I warned him that it was critical to implement his promise to redo Trans Mountain’s review and fix the industry-captured National Energy Board as soon as possible.
Premier Notley’s claimed $15 billion annual benefit from Trans Mountain exposed as false by her own budget
According to Rachel Notley's budget, the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will produce no benefit to oil prices at all — that’s right, no benefit.
Kinder Morgan bailout to cost north of $15 billion
Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the government will buy the existing Trans Mountain pipeline from Kinder Morgan at a price of $4.5 billion. He refused to explain that $4.5 billion simply buys Ottawa the rights to what exists today — a 65 year old pipeline