Canada’s National Electricity Strategy makes one thing clear: the country is entering a major electricity buildout. To meet rising demand from electrification, economic growth and new industries, Canada will need to double grid capacity alongside expanding clean power and better connections between regions. The federal government has framed this as a generational effort to build […]
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Canada’s Economic Engine Runs on Clean Power. Energy Storage Keeps It Running.
For over a century, British Columbia—and much of Canada—built prosperity on abundant clean electricity. Hydroelectric power in BC, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Quebec. Nuclear energy in Ontario and New Brunswick. And now, renewables across the Prairies. Today, about 98 per cent of BC’s electricity and over 80 per cent of the country’s power comes […]
Carbon, Homes, and the Cost of Piecemeal Climate Action
It’s been about six months since Canada repealed the federal Carbon Tax for consumers. The move was framed as a necessary relief measure—meant to ease growing cost-of-living pressures—but it marked something deeper: a failure of climate policy to integrate with the systems people actually live in. The tax aimed to price pollution, but it did […]
Decarbonization Is Canada’s Path to Prosperity — If We Seize It
While the U.S. continues to levy tariffs and create an environment of policy uncertainty, Canada is well positioned to attract foreign direct investment and lead in numerous clean industries of the future — if the newly re-elected Carney government seizes this unique economic moment. After all, political leadership is a choice. The world is still […]
Unleashing Canada’s Cleantech Potential in the Lithium Industry
Canada has the potential to be a linchpin in the global energy transition, with the right investments and programs in place. Canada has been a leader in the clean technology space for quite some time. More than 80% of our power already comes from non-emitting sources, and earlier this year, Canada’s Minister of Energy Jonathan Wilkinson announced […]