Canada faces unprecedented power-sector investment needs through 2050, driven by ageing infrastructure, rapid load growth, and decarbonization goals. Governments increasingly frame large transmission and generation projects as “nation-building” or pathways to becoming an “energy superpower,” yet many recent announcements lack clear economic definitions, cost-benefit analyses, or evidence that they will improve affordability for ratepayers and […]
Canada, like many other countries, is not on track to meet its 2030 and 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution targets under the 2015 Paris Agreement, even under the “With Additional Measures” scenario. To move us closer to these goals, we need more efficient, predictable, and durable policies to incentivize investment and adoption of decarbonization technologies without […]
From: Madeleine McPherson and Peter FairleyTo: Electrification watchers Date: December 19, 2025Re: It’s Long Past Time for a National Transmission Grid Manitoba joined an Ontario-led initiative to work towards a national electricity grid late last month, and called for all provinces and territories to sign on to their memorandum of understanding. It’s a welcome development given […]
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, […]
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Canada faces unprecedented power-sector investment needs through 2050, driven by ageing infrastructure, rapid load growth, and decarbonization goals. Governments increasingly frame large transmission and generation projects as “nation-building” or pathways to becoming an “energy superpower,” yet many recent announcements lack clear economic definitions, cost-benefit analyses, or evidence that they will improve affordability for ratepayers and […] 
Canada, like many other countries, is not on track to meet its 2030 and 2035 Nationally Determined Contribution targets under the 2015 Paris Agreement, even under the “With Additional Measures” scenario. To move us closer to these goals, we need more efficient, predictable, and durable policies to incentivize investment and adoption of decarbonization technologies without […] 
From: Madeleine McPherson and Peter FairleyTo: Electrification watchers Date: December 19, 2025Re: It’s Long Past Time for a National Transmission Grid Manitoba joined an Ontario-led initiative to work towards a national electricity grid late last month, and called for all provinces and territories to sign on to their memorandum of understanding. It’s a welcome development given […] 
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.