Engagement on new National Electricity Strategy must address three critical questions

For it to succeed, consultations must move beyond the strategy’s broad ambitions and tackle the critical issues that could make or break it.

The strategy aims to double the capacity of the country’s electricity grid by 2050 while lowering energy costs for seven in 10 Canadian households, writes Alexandra Mallett. Pexels photograph courtesy of Zimochen

Opinion

BY ALEXANDRA MALLETT

June 3, 2026

The federal government’s newly released National Electricity Strategy is a welcome sign that the C...

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