Our Canadian Friends face pro- and anti-development struggles in the North as well.  See this Globe and Mail Story by Nathan Vanderklippe. Commentary:  Our thanks to Alaska entrepreneur-economist Scott Hawkins for this summary of our current investment climate 'fix'.  Earlier this weekend I wrote the following comment in response to intrasigence of legislators bent on keeping their ill gotten gains at the expense of Alaska's future: "The Senate Fiddles While Rome Burns. Senators hurriedly constructed ACES in a month of chaos, but to modify it after years of proven failure [...]