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Pipelines or a national power grid: what should Canada build now?

  • Canada is a laggard in the international race towards the energy of the future.
Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ, GEOFF STRONG, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT | February 25, 2026
Rosa Galvez
Rosa Galvez
Independent Senator Rosa Galvez’s Climate Aligned Finance Act aims to provide a framework to ensure that the country’s financial system aligns with its legally binding climate commitments. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Pipelines or a national power grid: what should Canada build now?

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ, GEOFF STRONG, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT | February 25, 2026
  • Canada is a laggard in the international race towards the energy of the future.

Pipelines or a national power grid: what should Canada build now?

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ, GEOFF STRONG, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT | February 25, 2026
  • Canada is a laggard in the international race towards the energy of the future.
Rosa Galvez
Independent Senator Rosa Galvez’s Climate Aligned Finance Act aims to provide a framework to ensure that the country’s financial system aligns with its legally binding climate commitments. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Some ‘positives’ in the climate crisis

  • All of this comes down to that 1980s oil filter commercial that concluded with 'you can pay me now or pay me later.' That
Opinion | BY GEOFF STRONG, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT | October 1, 2025
Energy Minister Tim Hodgson, pictured June 18, 2025, on the Hill, recently spoke about clean energy at an event Winnipeg. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Some ‘positives’ in the climate crisis

Opinion | BY GEOFF STRONG, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT | October 1, 2025
  • All of this comes down to that 1980s oil filter commercial that concluded with 'you can pay me now or pay me later.' That

Some ‘positives’ in the climate crisis

Opinion | BY GEOFF STRONG, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT | October 1, 2025
  • All of this comes down to that 1980s oil filter commercial that concluded with 'you can pay me now or pay me later.' That
Energy Minister Tim Hodgson, pictured June 18, 2025, on the Hill, recently spoke about clean energy at an event Winnipeg. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A nation-building project that will protect the environment and our health

  • A transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy has the potential to create a safer and healthier environment, less suffering from the ongoing
Opinion | BY RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, GEOFF STRONG | August 25, 2025
Tim Hodgson
Tim Hodgson
The best choice for a “nation-building project” for Energy Minister Tim Hodgson to consider would be the development of a national east-west electricity grid, write Richard van der Jagt and Geoff Strong. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A nation-building project that will protect the environment and our health

Opinion | BY RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, GEOFF STRONG | August 25, 2025
  • A transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy has the potential to create a safer and healthier environment, less suffering from the ongoing

A nation-building project that will protect the environment and our health

Opinion | BY RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, GEOFF STRONG | August 25, 2025
  • A transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy has the potential to create a safer and healthier environment, less suffering from the ongoing
Tim Hodgson
The best choice for a “nation-building project” for Energy Minister Tim Hodgson to consider would be the development of a national east-west electricity grid, write Richard van der Jagt and Geoff Strong. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney’s plan should emphasize public health rather than fossil fuels

  • The Liberal government needs to prioritize giving Canadians a longer and more prosperous life rather than aligning itself with the fossil fuel industry.
Opinion | BY RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, MARIA MEDELEANU, GEOFF STRONG | July 9, 2025
Mark Carney
Mark Carney
A new Clean Energy Canada polls suggests 85 per cent of Canadians want stronger federal climate action. But Prime Minister Mark Carney's government appears to be moving in the opposite direction, write Richard van der Jagt, Maria Medeleanu, and Geoff Strong. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Carney’s plan should emphasize public health rather than fossil fuels

Opinion | BY RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, MARIA MEDELEANU, GEOFF STRONG | July 9, 2025
  • The Liberal government needs to prioritize giving Canadians a longer and more prosperous life rather than aligning itself with the fossil fuel industry.

Carney’s plan should emphasize public health rather than fossil fuels

Opinion | BY RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, MARIA MEDELEANU, GEOFF STRONG | July 9, 2025
  • The Liberal government needs to prioritize giving Canadians a longer and more prosperous life rather than aligning itself with the fossil fuel industry.
Mark Carney
A new Clean Energy Canada polls suggests 85 per cent of Canadians want stronger federal climate action. But Prime Minister Mark Carney's government appears to be moving in the opposite direction, write Richard van der Jagt, Maria Medeleanu, and Geoff Strong. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The disconnect between climate promise and delivery

  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s plan to cut carbon emissions while expanding fossil fuel energy sources is 100-per-cent contradictory. Canada must move forward on climate, and
Opinion | BY GEOFF STRONG, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, TREVOR HANCOCK | June 23, 2025
The climate crisis has multiplied the risks of forest wildfires during this last decade, including this one in 2016. Environment Canada is predicting above normal temperatures and mostly dry conditions across the country this summer, which is virtually a promise of another horrid year for wildfires in Western Canada, the authors write. Photograph courtesy of Stefan Doerr

The disconnect between climate promise and delivery

Opinion | BY GEOFF STRONG, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, TREVOR HANCOCK | June 23, 2025
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s plan to cut carbon emissions while expanding fossil fuel energy sources is 100-per-cent contradictory. Canada must move forward on climate, and

The disconnect between climate promise and delivery

Opinion | BY GEOFF STRONG, RICHARD VAN DER JAGT, TREVOR HANCOCK | June 23, 2025
  • Prime Minister Mark Carney’s plan to cut carbon emissions while expanding fossil fuel energy sources is 100-per-cent contradictory. Canada must move forward on climate, and
The climate crisis has multiplied the risks of forest wildfires during this last decade, including this one in 2016. Environment Canada is predicting above normal temperatures and mostly dry conditions across the country this summer, which is virtually a promise of another horrid year for wildfires in Western Canada, the authors write. Photograph courtesy of Stefan Doerr
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