Budget 2026 makes electricity and electrification central to Canada’s economic future. The vision is excellent, but the scale of the supply buildout and adoption programs must grow.
Canada’s new European partnership opens doors for investment and industry. Markham Hislop asks whether electrification will guide the results.
American scholars identify kleptocracy, ungoverning and unchecked executive power as a framework for understanding Donald Trump’s administration before the 2026 midterms.
Prime Minister Mark Carney should come on Energi Media and explain the math behind his energy policies. From pipelines to electrification, Canadians deserve a conversation that tests the data, challenges assumptions and goes beyond Ottawa’s political narratives.
Wood Mackenzie finds four-hour batteries now beat gas peakers on cost. Markham Hislop examines what this milestone means for the energy transition—and why Canada must move faster on electrification.
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.
LNG Canada Phase 2 is a $33-billion bet that Asian LNG demand will remain strong despite Qatar’s return, a historic wave of new supply and accelerating electrification.
Canada mocks Trump’s closed mind while embracing a hive mind of its own. Political and business leaders sell a West Coast pipeline as nation-building, but where is the business case? Evidence about Asian oil demand deserves a national hearing before taxpayers get the bill.
The IEA sees an electric economy taking shape. Canada is building more electricity supply, but has done far less to replace gasoline, diesel and natural gas in the technologies Canadians use.
The collapse of Canada-US trade negotiations was about more than tariffs. Washington’s last-minute demands sought influence over Canada’s trade, resources, industries and domestic laws—and closely matched the Trump administration’s blueprint for dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
Donald Trump is threatening Canada with 50 per cent tariffs even as U.S. crude oil flows north. The trade reveals just how deeply integrated the two economies have become.
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Canada’s first giga-scale EV battery plant is finally rising out of the ground in southwestern Ontario. More than a construction milestone, it marks the moment Canada’s long-promised critical-minerals strategy begins taking real industrial shape—linking mining, refining, cell manufacturing, and EV production into a homegrown clean-energy supply chain.