The generational imperative for Canada to embrace its resource advantage

Liberals cannot afford to simply tolerate Canada’s resource economy. They must champion it.

To deliver on affordability, decarbonization, housing, and long-term national security, the federal government must frame the responsible development of our minerals and metals, oil and gas, and forest products as central to the public good, writes Margareta Dovgal, managing director of Resource Works Society. Photograph courtesy of energepic.com, Pexels.com

Opinion

BY MARGARETA DOVGAL

June 15, 2025

When Energy and Natural Resources Minister Minister Tim Hodgson told a Calgary crowd on May 23 that Canada should lean into its role as “a conventional and clean energy superpower,” he wasn’t making a bold claim. He was stating the obvious.

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