Our trading partners are rethinking their energy strategies, but Canada’s approach isn’t as clear

The global direction is clear. Canada has an enormous opportunity to position itself as a clean energy superpower in this changing world order.
Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a press conference about the government’s agenda to deliver clean, affordable and reliable energy to Canadians in West Block on May 14, 2026.

The last couple months have delivered some seismic shifts in the world’s—and Canada’s—relationship with energy. While the big global changes are hard to miss (gas station signs north of $2 make sure of that), recent more innocuous domestic policy shifts have the pote...

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