Carney’s industrial strategy is strongest where government builds shared productive capacity and leaves firms and technologies to compete over how it is used.
Mark Carney’s industrial-policy agenda has reopened a debate Canada never really escaped: when should government build, finance or shape productive capacity, and when should it leave the result to markets? The proposed C$25 billion Canada Strong Fund makes the question concrete because Ottawa would borrow to capitalize an investment vehicle … [continued]
Expanded leadership roles for Shaun MacGarvie and Sophie Chadefaud reinforce Schneider Electric’s commitment to helping customers accelerate efficiency, resilience, and sustainability outcomes. MILTON, Ontario — Schneider Electric Canada is strengthening its commercial leadership to help customers navigate the new energy landscape. As the world’s most sustainable energy technology company, Schneider … [continued]
A tidal wave of tidbits infiltrates my email inbox every morning. Today I found an interesting story in something called The Walrus, which bills itself as “Canada’s Conversation.” Whether the title is an homage to the Walrus and the Carpenter scene in Alice in Wonderland or a reference to a … [continued]
Alberta’s visible oil-sands growth already has lower-risk exits; the proposed million-barrel west-coast line needs a much larger commercial story.
Canada has made a proposed one-million-barrel-per-day west-coast pipeline more politically real just as the barrel case has become harder to defend. The official project now has a route concept from the Edmonton region to southern British Columbia, Trans Mountain as the public-sector builder and operator, and an ownership structure involving … [continued]
Today, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) approved the permit application for Enbridge, a multibillion-dollar Canadian oil giant, to run the Line 5 oil tunnel in the Straits of Mackinac. This decision ignores the years-long opposition to the proposed tunnel project from Michiganders and people across the Great … [continued]
Canada’s electricity strategy is finally becoming specific enough to test. Ottawa is no longer speaking only about clean power, energy security, nation building and doubling grid capacity. The federal government has started naming provincial boundaries where new electricity infrastructure may cross: British Columbia–Yukon, Alberta–British Columbia, Alberta–Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan–Manitoba and Prince Edward … [continued]
A snowy country like Norway is going to approach solar power in a different way from a place like the Bahamas. It’s not surprising to find out, then, that a company in Norway has developed a “vertical PV” system designed to help deal with very snowy conditions. Now that company … [continued]
The premier of Nova Scotia wants to restart oil and gas operations in the province.There are much better alternatives.
Floating solar PV power has been one of the most interesting and fun segments of the global solar power industry in the past decade. When it started popping onto the scene, it was catchy, but one wondered, was it really practical and cost effective? As it turns out, the benefits … [continued]
Carney gains political space from the Alberta pipeline deal, but the pipeline itself remains more symbol than funded project.
The new Alberta pipeline deal should be read as political strategy first and infrastructure second, if second at all. Prime Minister Mark Carney gets something real from it: a “Canada is open for business” signal, a trade-diversification pathway to point at, and a way to undercut opponents who want to … [continued]
