Local progress on energy, Arctic security must survive federal cuts

If federal programming is stripped down, remote communities will be limited in their pathways to achieve energy security.

A diesel power station in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. For most remote communities, electricity is generated almost exclusively from diesel fuel, which comes with enormous costs for consumers and for governments, writes Lynne Couves.Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Janne Wallenius

Opinion

BY LYNNE COUVES

September 15, 2025

This summer, as Canada’s new federal government has set out its ambitious economic and nation-building agenda, many of us have had a crash course on the big and muddy issues at play within our energy and infrastructure systems. Among them: how to ensure Arctic sovereignty ...

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