Canada ought to guarantee its ‘mission of nationwide curiosity’ designation helps construct aggressive clear industries, not simply particular person initiatives, beginning with 4 key focus areas, in accordance with a brand new report from the One Canadian Clear Economic system Process Pressure.
These focus areas—clear electrical energy transmission, crucial minerals refining, electrical car charging, and sustainable modular homebuilding—current alternatives to attract out the best potential worth from our pure sources, construct high-productivity industries, broaden export alternatives, and leverage our home market.
The duty drive’s new report, Connecting the Dots, additionally highlights potential ‘initiatives of nationwide curiosity’ inside these 4 sectors that might be realized in Canada right this moment:
- A transmission line connecting Nova Scotia’s huge offshore wind mission, Wind West, to manufacturing hubs in Ontario and Quebec.
- Battery supplies refining within the Central Alberta Hall to create extra worth from our crucial minerals mining.
- A nationwide EV charging community to assist Canada’s EV and charging trade and higher leverage non-public capital.
- And modular housing hubs in Ontario and B.C. to drive the development of extra reasonably priced houses with Canadian building supplies.
In all these instances, there’s a function for the federal authorities to play, each by addressing project-specific wants and by making certain the connective infrastructure and insurance policies are in place to spur exercise and personal funding.
These initiatives are additionally extraordinarily in style with Canadians, with assist ranges starting from 68% to 81%, in accordance with a brand new ballot from Abacus Information and Clear Power Canada additionally launched right this moment (polling outcomes for all 4 initiatives under).
Connecting the Dots contains extra particulars on these alternatives, their many advantages, the boundaries they presently face, and the way authorities management and a strategic use of the “mission of nationwide curiosity” designation might make them actual—and main belongings for Canada.
The One Canadian Clear Economic system Process Pressure is made up of members representing corporations throughout crucial minerals, batteries, clear transportation, clear buildings, forest merchandise, clear electrical energy, and clear know-how.
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Report | Connecting the Dots
The One Canadian Clear Economic system Process Pressure members
Vittoria Bellissimo, President and CEO, Canadian Renewable Power Affiliation
Daniel Breton, President and CEO, Electrical Mobility Canada
Mark Chapeskie, Vice President of Applications, Electrical energy Human Sources Canada
Lynn Côté, Govt Director, Canada Cleantech Alliance
Corey Diamond, Govt Director, Effectivity Canada
Sean DeVries, Govt Director, Battery Metals Affiliation of Canada
Rachel Doran, Govt Director, Clear Power Canada
Peter McArthur, Board Chair, Canada Cleantech Alliance
Eric Johnson, Vice President, Federal Authorities Relations, Forest Merchandise Affiliation of Canada
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