Evan Pivnick of Clean Energy Canada says Canada’s critical-minerals opportunity now depends on turning strategies and international partnerships into investment and projects. [Read more]
The new Churchill Falls agreement between Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador is a major political breakthrough, but the hydroelectric projects attached to it remain a long way from final approval, according to York University professor [Read more]
Ontario Green Party leader Mike Schreiner is calling for a moratorium on new hyperscale AI data centres until the province establishes stronger rules governing their electricity demand and environmental impacts. In an interview with Energi [Read more]
Senator Paula Simons is urging Ottawa to create a Canadian verified traveller program, arguing Canadians should not have to rely on U.S. security screening to access expedited security lines at Canadian airports. [Read more]
Trump turned to the rarely used Section 338 after the Supreme Court rejected his use of IEEPA for tariffs. Jennifer Hillman explains why his latest tariffs against Canada may also exceed presidential authority. [Read more]
Prime Minister Mark Carney is backing nearly $70 billion in hydro, wind and transmission projects as Ottawa begins implementing its national electricity strategy and building a more integrated Eastern Canadian power system. [Read more]
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. [Read more]
Canada must fundamentally rethink its economic, defence and foreign-policy relationships as Donald Trump transforms the United States from the country’s most reliable partner into a potential source of coercion, says Globe and Mail columnist Andrew [Read more]
The spread of cheap drones, commercial sensors and artificial intelligence is eroding the military advantage that underpinned U.S. dominance after the Cold War, according to University of Chicago political scientist Robert A. Pape. In an [Read more]
Satellite debris that fell onto Saskatchewan farmland has prompted Senator Paula Simons to call for a broader Canadian discussion about orbital congestion, liability, and the governance of low-Earth orbit. Simons launched a Senate inquiry after [Read more]
Joseph Steinberg says Canada faces a durable shift in U.S. trade policy, while geography and integrated supply chains sharply limit Ottawa’s ability to replace the American market. [Read more]
Donald Trump says the United States does not need anything Canada produces. Energy data tell a very different story. Decades of cross-border investment have created an integrated North American energy system in which Canadian electricity, [Read more]
Aurel Braun says the Iran conflict has become a test of endurance as Tehran uses asymmetric weapons to offset economic and military pressure from the United States. [Read more]
Canada oil boom widens Prairie economic gap: Bank of Canada [Read more]
Cold weather can increase electric-bus energy demand by roughly 30 per cent, making grid capacity and charging strategy central to Canadian transit electrification. [Read more]
Chinese EV exports are surging into markets around the world. As those vehicles accumulate in national fleets, the effect on gasoline demand could become increasingly visible. [Read more]
New fiber-optic sensing and AI tools can help utilities get more capacity and better reliability from transmission assets already in service. [Read more]
Anders Hove says storage, flexibility, distributed solar, and electrification now define the next phase of China’s power transition China’s new five-year energy plan signals a shift from building renewable capacity toward integrating wind, solar, storage, [Read more]
The study also found that relatively small, inexpensive interventions can have significant effects Canada’s clean energy transition is creating thousands of new jobs, but structural barriers are preventing many qualified workers from entering the sector, [Read more]
BC’s recent strategy was a big step backward, more about protecting the status quo than preparing for the Age of Electricity BC Hydro’s decision to purchase the Island Generation natural gas power plant in Campbell [Read more]
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