Ottawa’s forthcoming AI strategy needs to walk a tightrope between two equally important principles: safeguarding Canadians from possible misuses of AI but also giving our private and academic sectors the leeway to use Canada’s AI strengths to develop and commercialize new technologies and products.
From: Lennie KaplanTo: Carbon capture watchers Date: December 5, 2025Re: The Reforms Needed to Unlock Private Billions for Carbon Capture Market-based reforms to industrial carbon pricing are critical to unlocking billions in private sector investment in carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) across Canada over the next 25 years. The recently signed Canada-Alberta MOU commits the […]
From: Kate KoplovichTo: Pipeline observers Date: December 5, 2025Re: Ottawa and Alberta Have a Deal. Now, Will Private Players Jump In? The memorandum of understanding for an energy framework signed by Alberta and Ottawa may mark the starting line for a new oil pipeline to northwest British Columbia. Major risks and unanswered questions persist, and […]
Published in The Hill Times. The memorandum of understanding for an energy framework signed by Alberta and Ottawa may mark the starting line for a new oil pipeline to northwest British Columbia, but major risks and unanswered questions persist. Has the agreement given private investors enough certainty around risks for a new pipeline to take off? This […]
From: Kate KoplovichTo: Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim HodgsonDate: November 26, 2025Re: Canada Does Not Need an Upstream Oil and Gas Emissions Cap The federal government released a Climate Competitiveness Strategy as part of Budget 2025 that clings to an upstream oil and gas emissions cap whose costs outweigh its relatively small and uncertain […]
From: Benjamin DachisTo: The Hon. Stephen Lecce, Ontario Minister of Energy and MinesDate: November 21, 2025Re: Hybrid Heating Would be Win-Win for Ontario Households across Ontario have begun turning on their gas furnaces as temperatures have started falling. But homes with hybrid heating systems – which combine a furnace with an electric heat pump – […]
Pull the plug on the Zero Emissions Vehicle mandate until we’ve got clarity on trade. That’s the advice from industry watcher Brian Livingston. The Institute’s Senior Fellow has crunched the numbers and warns hundreds of thousands of Canadians won’t be able to buy the car they need.
Pull the plug on the Zero Emissions Vehicle mandate until we’ve got clarity on trade. That’s the advice from industry watcher Brian Livingston. The Institute’s Senior Fellow has crunched the numbers and warns hundreds of thousands of Canadians won’t be able to buy the car they need.
November 18, 2025 – The federal government is expected to unveil proposed changes to its electric vehicle sales mandate this winter. The upcoming announcement comes as Canada’s 2026 Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate – requiring 20 percent of new light-vehicle sales to be electric – faces mounting evidence it was unlikely ever to be met, […]
• Until September 5, 2025, when it was waived by Prime Minister Carney, Canada’s federal Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate for 2026 required 20 percent of new light-vehicle sales to be ZEVs, equivalent to 380,000 units. This paper shows why the federal government had to waive the requirement. Based on projected sales of 1.9 million […]
Published in The Hill Times. Prime Minister Mark Carney’s 60-day review of the federal zero-emission vehicle mandate, and the waiver of its 20-per-cent sales requirement for next year, has sparked plenty of debate. But what does hitting the brakes really mean for Canadians? It’s a chance to reflect and to ask whether the mandate, as […]
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Ottawa’s forthcoming AI strategy needs to walk a tightrope between two equally important principles: safeguarding Canadians from possible misuses of AI but also giving our private and academic sectors the leeway to use Canada’s AI strengths to develop and commercialize new technologies and products. 
From: Lennie KaplanTo: Carbon capture watchers Date: December 5, 2025Re: The Reforms Needed to Unlock Private Billions for Carbon Capture Market-based reforms to industrial carbon pricing are critical to unlocking billions in private sector investment in carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) across Canada over the next 25 years. The recently signed Canada-Alberta MOU commits the […] 
From: Kate KoplovichTo: Pipeline observers Date: December 5, 2025Re: Ottawa and Alberta Have a Deal. Now, Will Private Players Jump In? The memorandum of understanding for an energy framework signed by Alberta and Ottawa may mark the starting line for a new oil pipeline to northwest British Columbia. Major risks and unanswered questions persist, and […] 
From: Kate KoplovichTo: Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim HodgsonDate: November 26, 2025Re: Canada Does Not Need an Upstream Oil and Gas Emissions Cap The federal government released a Climate Competitiveness Strategy as part of Budget 2025 that clings to an upstream oil and gas emissions cap whose costs outweigh its relatively small and uncertain […] 
From: Benjamin DachisTo: The Hon. Stephen Lecce, Ontario Minister of Energy and MinesDate: November 21, 2025Re: Hybrid Heating Would be Win-Win for Ontario Households across Ontario have begun turning on their gas furnaces as temperatures have started falling. But homes with hybrid heating systems – which combine a furnace with an electric heat pump – […] 
Pull the plug on the Zero Emissions Vehicle mandate until we’ve got clarity on trade. That’s the advice from industry watcher Brian Livingston. The Institute’s Senior Fellow has crunched the numbers and warns hundreds of thousands of Canadians won’t be able to buy the car they need. 
Pull the plug on the Zero Emissions Vehicle mandate until we’ve got clarity on trade. That’s the advice from industry watcher Brian Livingston. The Institute’s Senior Fellow has crunched the numbers and warns hundreds of thousands of Canadians won’t be able to buy the car they need. 
• Until September 5, 2025, when it was waived by Prime Minister Carney, Canada’s federal Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate for 2026 required 20 percent of new light-vehicle sales to be ZEVs, equivalent to 380,000 units. This paper shows why the federal government had to waive the requirement. Based on projected sales of 1.9 million […] 
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