Canadian businesses caught in Donald Trump’s trade war can find real savings in strategic energy management, says one energy efficiency policy expert. But he warns that federal funding for this work i...

The 2025 Alberta–Carney agreement explicitly links pipeline construction to the Pathways project. Despite record profits — $37 billion for oilsands producers in 2023 — Canadians are being asked to fin...

Treating homes, businesses and industries as active grid participants would improve electricity reliability and make the transition more affordable.

History shows us energy megaprojects often have three things in common: underestimated budgets, exaggerated jobs and royalty claims, and foreign ownership.

July 15th is ACORN "Beat the Heat" Day of Action, marked by actions in 11 cities across Canada as part of an international push for government action on preventable extreme heat deaths.

Highlights from the federal government's electricity strategy and analysis of how it could integrate energy efficiency measures.

We will not grow our electricity system affordably if our strategy is narrowly focused on physical infrastructure and risky megaprojects.

As the Carney government prepares to revive federal funding to help Canadians pay for home energy retrofits, experts say the new program needs to be fast, flexible, and flush.

As part of our continuing special series celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of Mel Watkins' classic article, "A Staple Theory of Economic Development," we present here an innovative a...

We will not grow our electricity system affordably if our strategy is narrowly focused on physical infrastructure and risky megaprojects.

Canada’s first major “nation-building” investment is going toward a small modular reactor project that depends heavily on US suppliers for key technology and components.

"They’ve done nothing about energy poverty and they have been in power almost five years now," Chris Benjamin said.

Whatever else the Liberal government's carbon tax contortions have done, they may have boosted the cause of energy efficiency — particularly for low-income households. And there are now calls for the ...

To reduce energy costs and climate risks faced by low-income households, the federal government should establish a new free retrofit program aimed at making about 100,000 homes per year more affordabl...

Canada is about to build millions of new homes. This is a once-in-a-generation nation-building project, the kind we haven’t seen since the postwar boom.

<p>The Greener Homes Loan Program is running out of money. This popular program has helped Canadians make their homes more affordable, comfortable, and efficient with upgrades like heat pumps, insulat...

Over the past year, the Canadian state has renewed its focus on Arctic sovereignty, investing in military infrastructure and extractive projects under the guise of national security. In this Brief, Ye...

What an Access to Information request into a weeks-long runaround to dodge a simple answer to a question about a North Atlantic right whale surveillance program reveals about the inner workings of the...

About 3,500 new loans are approved every month under the federal Greener Homes Loan program. Advocates forecast it will be out of cash by mid November.

Energy efficiency deserves to be treated as a nation-building project — one that the federal government should lead.

The multi-billion dollar Canada Greener Homes Loan program that gives zero interest loans to Canadians to retrofit their homes was so popular it got a $600 million top up last year. But within months,...

The Carney government is just a few months away from running out of funds for a signature home retrofit loan program that could be a cornerstone of its effort to cut energy costs and climate pollution...

The multi-billion dollar Canada Greener Homes Loan program that gives zero interest loans to Canadians to retrofit their homes was so popular it got a $600 million top up last year. But within months,...

The demand is one of several made by a network calling itself The Heat Collaborative, which is also calling on the province to adopt heat stress rules for workers, ensure cooling in schools and more.

What looks like reform is really just a long-avoided chore

Canada is gearing up to launch nation-building projects that jumpstart economic development and affirm Canadian sovereignty. But as we recently shared in our op-ed, expediting approvals for a handful ...

Canada’s Bill C-5 aims to streamline growth—but risks long-term harm without stronger environmental and safeguards for Indigenous rights.

Ahead of the event’s 20th iteration, its unofficial photographer Colin Medley takes a look back at the arts and culture festival’s best moments

A made-in-Canada strategy to cut trade risks, support Canadian businesses, and build resilience in uncertain times.

Energy Star program funding is in legislative limbo while the budgeting process plays out in the United States House of Representatives and Senate

Mark Carney promised bold change. But Canada needs more than old ideas to face global disruption and build a resilient future.

Improving indoor air is critical to public health, productivity and competitiveness in a world with highly contagious airborne infectious diseases.

Ontario's infrastructure critic Catherine McKenney says they're planning on proposing a maximum heat law when Queen's Park returns in the fall. Currently, landlords don't have to provide air condition...