With worldwide efforts to reduce GHG emissions – produced in Canada at more than 80% by the energy sector – energy issues have never been more important than today.

While this Canadian Energy Outlook shows that the GHG reduction targets are attainable, neither the provinces nor the federal government are on track to deliver them. As many countries are addressing the issue much more significantly than Canada, not only are they gaining economic advantages for both today and tomorrows’ economy, but also decreasing the need for costly reengineering in the decades to come.

Canadians need to move beyond discussions on carbon pricing and pipelines, and start addressing the transformative potential of the energy transition, a potential with benefits that go beyond the sole impact on the energy sector.

This study, conducted in collaboration with Pôle e3 of HEC Montréal, was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Trottier Family Foundation.