Ontario and Quebec lost manufacturing output and jobs while Alberta’s oil production and royalties grew. Markham Hislop argues that Canada’s economic debate must reckon with those contrasting fortunes.
Charlie Angus argues Canada must connect resource development to domestic processing, manufacturing, worker housing and affordable clean technology to build lasting economic sovereignty.
Ottawa is committing $100 million to advance Nova Scotia offshore wind development. Jorden Dye explains how shared data can reduce early costs and what Wind West still needs to secure customers, financing and local benefits.
Economist Jim Stanford says Canada must diversify what it produces as well as where it sells it. Manufacturing job losses, weaker equipment investment and resource dependence expose the limits of a strategy centred on more commodity exports.
Senator Paula Simons tells Energi Media that Alberta’s referendum campaign threatens the workers, entrepreneurs and researchers the province needs, while the other nine questions risk creating fresh constitutional grievances.
Ottawa is putting $2 billion behind home electrification, with heat-pump rebates of up to $10,000 and financing for apartment retrofits to help lower energy bills.
Canada’s overseas oil exports rose 45 per cent in July 2026 as U.S. shipments fell. Statistics Canada data show a sustained shift toward overseas buyers.
Canada has the talent and technology to build new industries. David Victor says success requires focused investment, managed risk, financing, and global markets.
Bob Rae backs Carney’s response to the global rupture but calls for a broader team, stronger manufacturing, freer provincial trade and sustained climate action.
Jan Rosenow explains why Canada needs affordable electricity, practical policies and an industrial strategy to become an electrostate.
B.C. is investing nearly $27 million in 17 industrial decarbonization projects as clean electricity and lower-carbon production become increasingly important to competitiveness.
Canada’s new AI council will advise Ottawa on business adoption, Canadian technology companies and computing infrastructure. Earlier Energi Media interviews explain why public safeguards and Canadian control matter.
Dabrusin’s Beijing meetings put clean technology first, backed by growing trade, climate cooperation and the institutional machinery needed to turn agreements into business.
Saskatchewan’s proposed large nuclear reactors raise questions about construction costs, electricity rates and taxpayer exposure. This op-ed examines lessons from nuclear projects in Canada and abroad and the risks for a smaller provincial economy.
Ottawa’s $66.3-million retrofit investment is useful. Canada now needs to turn individual projects into an electrification industry that lowers bills, strengthens the grid and builds lasting capacity.