Canada ought to guarantee its ‘challenge of nationwide curiosity’ designation helps construct aggressive clear industries, not simply particular person initiatives, beginning with 4 key focus areas, in accordance with a brand new report from the One Canadian Clear Economic system Process Power.
These focus areas—clear electrical energy transmission, important minerals refining, electrical automobile charging, and sustainable modular homebuilding—current alternatives to attract out the best potential worth from our pure assets, construct high-productivity industries, broaden export alternatives, and leverage our home market.
The duty pressure’s new report, Connecting the Dots, additionally highlights potential ‘initiatives of nationwide curiosity’ inside these 4 sectors that might be realized in Canada right now:
- A transmission line connecting Nova Scotia’s huge offshore wind challenge, Wind West, to manufacturing hubs in Ontario and Quebec.
- Battery supplies refining within the Central Alberta Hall to create extra worth from our important minerals mining.
- A nationwide EV charging community to help Canada’s EV and charging business and higher leverage personal capital.
- And modular housing hubs in Ontario and B.C. to drive the development of extra inexpensive properties with Canadian building supplies.
In all these instances, there’s a function for the federal authorities to play, each by addressing project-specific wants and by making certain the connective infrastructure and insurance policies are in place to spur exercise and personal funding.
These initiatives are additionally extraordinarily in style with Canadians, with help ranges starting from 68% to 81%, in accordance with a brand new ballot from Abacus Information and Clear Power Canada additionally launched right now (polling outcomes for all 4 initiatives beneath).
Connecting the Dots contains extra particulars on these alternatives, their many advantages, the limitations they presently face, and the way authorities management and a strategic use of the “challenge of nationwide curiosity” designation might make them actual—and main belongings for Canada.
The One Canadian Clear Economic system Process Power is made up of members representing firms throughout important minerals, batteries, clear transportation, clear buildings, forest merchandise, clear electrical energy, and clear know-how.
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Report | Connecting the Dots
The One Canadian Clear Economic system Process Power members
Vittoria Bellissimo, President and CEO, Canadian Renewable Power Affiliation
Daniel Breton, President and CEO, Electrical Mobility Canada
Mark Chapeskie, Vice President of Packages, Electrical energy Human Sources Canada
Lynn Côté, Govt Director, Canada Cleantech Alliance
Corey Diamond, Govt Director, Effectivity Canada
Sean DeVries, Govt Director, Battery Metals Affiliation of Canada
Rachel Doran, Govt Director, Clear Power Canada
Peter McArthur, Board Chair, Canada Cleantech Alliance
Eric Johnson, Vice President, Federal Authorities Relations, Forest Merchandise Affiliation of Canada
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