Canadians from different backgrounds, industries and regions have a wide range of views about our energy future. Here you will find documents submitted by energy experts from academia, industry, government agencies and non-government organizations.
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Re-Energizing Canada: Pathways to a Low-Carbon Future: Natural Resources Canada invited an independent group of academics from across the country to examine how Canada could transition its energy systems to low carbon while remaining globally competitive. Take a look at the short and long version of their report.
Power to Excel by Dr. Roger Gibbins reflects the conviction that an extraordinary future is within our reach if we harness our energy potential today. With the world in the midst of an historic shift to a lower-carbon economy, it is an opportune time to reflect on Canada’s energy system – where are we now, where do we want to be a generation from now, and how do we get there from here?
Papers from Government Departments and Agencies
Canada’s Renewable Power Landscape, is one of a series of publications on energy supply, demand, and infrastructure. Canada ranks fourth in the world in renewable power generation. Hydro is the dominant source of electricity in Canada accounting for nearly 60% of installed capacity and generation.
Canada’s Pipeline Transportation System, provides information about the economic functioning of major pipelines regulated by the Board. A well-functioning pipeline transportation system responds effectively to changing market conditions.
Papers from Academics and Think Tanks
Canada and the Low Carbon Energy Revolution by Michael Cleland
Canada’s commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 80 per cent from 2005 levels by 2050 is a massive, and arguably, a necessary energy transformation. Mr. Cleland examines what this new world of energy decision-making needs.
Understanding the Shift in Energy Security by Petra Dolata
Global shifts in government policies and in public opinion with regards to energy transitions and energy security will affect the demand for fossil fuels produced in Canada and elsewhere. In order to understand and respond to these changes, it will be crucial to differentiate between short-term and long-term trajectories.
Big Projects, Big Politics, Big Policy: Strengthening Public Confidence in Energy Decision-Making in Canada by Monica Gattinger
While energy development could transform many communities’ energy security, energy affordability and economic, social and cultural development, it has been highly contentious. Failure to resolve Canada’s energy development challenges is costing — and will cost — the country in environmental performance, and in our capacity to attract investment and foster economic growth and innovation.
Thoughts on Canada’s Carbon Tax Agenda by Kenneth P. Green
Mr. Green provides his thought on Canada’s carbon tax plan, providing examples from Ontario, Alberta, Quebec, and British Columbia. In addition, he postulates what Canada should be doing in the new Trumpian environment.
How does Canada Respond to Stranded Asset Risk? by Amy Myers Jaffe
Canada is one of the world’s most important oil producers but it is facing a high degree of stranded asset risk. In particular, the Canadian oilsands represent a specific target of market share competition with global oil powerhouse Saudi Arabia and thus face cost pressures from current oil price levels. Lowering the cost of production will be vital to the local Canadian firms who have purchased the reserves and increased their exposure to stranded asset risk.
The Inescapability of Carbon Taxes for Canada by Dennis McConaghy
Canadian political leadership’s great challenge is whether it can bring such appropriate rationality to carbon policy via carbon pricing, appropriately conditioned. Mr. McConaghy provides thoughts and fundamental conditions of a Canadian carbon-pricing policy.