Canada doesn’t need to abandon climate efforts in the name of growth or unity

The next federal budget should clearly lay out a clean growth and innovation plan as part of its economic strategy. Otherwise, this government risks betting against the global energy transition or the opportunity for Canada to be a competitive player in the growing clean market.

Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin, left, and Energy Minister Tim Hodgson. Canada’s longer-term prosperity requires a sustained public and private-sector focus on clean growth, at a scale and ambition comparable to the recent support for conventional energy projects, write Don Drummond, Peter WB Phillips, and Kate Harland. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DON DRUMMOND, PETER WB PHILLIPS, KATE HARLAND

September 7, 2026

As elected representatives take their seats on Parliament Hill this month, they return to a political environment where, in many cases, it’s become unfashionable to talk about climate policy in Ottawa. In the face of a trade crisis, persistently slow productivity growth, a...

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