On the edge of a new world: Canada’s clean energy future

With real federal leadership, we can embrace Canada’s clean energy future on a foundation of economic, social and environmental sustainability—and to the next generation we owe nothing less.

June’s Three Amigos Summit, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and U.S. President Barack Obama, did much to put clean energy back on the map with the adoption of the first continent-wide clean energy target of 50 per cent clean power generation by 2025. Again, this commitment, while significant, is not binding, and the federal government has yet to set to a national clean energy target. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY NDP LEADER TOM MULCAIR, NDP MP RICHARD CANNINGS

August 15, 2016

Canada is at a crossroads on clean energy. Last year was officially the hottest year on record. There is growing global recognition of the urgent need to take action on climate change, just as the costs of clean energy technology are falling. As a result, renewable energy is having a moment. For ...

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