Rachel Doran is the vice-president of policy and strategy and Mark Zacharias is the executive director of Clean Energy Canada, a think tank at Simon Fraser University’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue.
And far from finding common ground, those differences could soon grow even more extreme, bringing about implications for affordability and economic development.. If the Liberal government falls next year, as current polls suggest, living in different provinces could soon feel more like living in different countries, at least when it comes to one’s experience with energy., Ottawa stepped in with a nationwide incentive to even the playing field for all Canadians.
At the other end of the rankings, certain Prairie provinces are failing to live up to their potential. Alberta and Saskatchewan could have thein the country, but Alberta’s D grade reflects its lack of action – and even aggression – toward this opportunity. Despite being the wind and solar capital of Canada, the province has imposed restrictions on renewables development, a recent move that’s already scaring off investment in Alberta.