Canada should pursue generating more electricity with renewable sources, but there are many factors to consider

Canadians should have a better understanding of the challenges that may lie ahead as we transition to a lower-carbon and expanded electricity grid.

Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr, pictured. The Government of Canada, which recently launched the Generation Energy Council, released its report on what Canada’s low-carbon energy future would look like over the course of a generation.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SENATOR RICHARD NEUFELD

July 16, 2018

Last month, the Government of Canada’s newly created Generation Energy Council released its report on what Canada’s low-carbon energy future would look like over the course of a generation. The council provides a pathway to reducing our carbon footprint and suggests that “within a generation, ...

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