Jump-starting a Canadian power grid

Canada needs a forum for provinces to co-ordinate planning on a regional or national level, and a process to help provinces work together to get electricity projects built.

The recent agreement between Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, left, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford is a welcome development given the enormous potential of stronger electricity connections between provinces to propel energy investment, write Madeleine McPherson and Peter Fairley. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MADELEINE MCPHERSON, PETER FAIRLEY

December 10, 2025

On Nov. 28, the Manitoba government signed on to an Ontario-led initiative to work towards a national electricity grid, and called for “all provinces and territories across Canada” to sign on to their

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