Canada has a renewable energy world leader right in our own backyard

Canada is seeking to merge a transition to green power with its COVID-19 economic recovery plan. When it comes to solar power, that will require protection of Canada’s small but mighty solar manufacturing industry.

Canadian solar manufacturing companies are leading the charge globally on cutting-edge solar technology that has continued to adapt and evolve in an ever-changing space, writes Martin Pochtaruk. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Opinion

BY MARTIN POCHTARUK

January 13, 2021

As referenced in the Government of Canada’s new climate plan, “A Healthy Environment and A Healthy Economy,” according to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2020, solar power is now the cheapest source of electricity in history. In fact, looking back just 10 years ago, so...

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