Expanding nuclear power can offer big benefits — if Canada goes big on electrification

Expanding nuclear power generation across Canada could help drive prosperity, competitiveness, and emissions reductions for decades to come.  Provinces must commit to deeply electrifying their economies and take a coordinated approach to deployment in order to build the case for new nuclear projects, according to a new research paper by Clean Prosperity. Canadians will only

Alberta pipeline could be part of a grand bargain

Michael Bernstein, Clean Prosperity’s President and CEO, made the following statement in response to today’s announcement by the Government of Alberta. “The Alberta Government’s proposed new pipeline project could be part of a grand bargain between the provincial and federal governments on climate and energy policy. Growth in energy production should be pursued in tandem

Changes to Alberta industrial carbon pricing leave the door open to a grand bargain

Clean Prosperity President and CEO Michael Bernstein made the following statement about changes to Alberta’s Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) Regulation, announced today by the Alberta government. “The changes to Alberta’s industrial carbon pricing system announced today leave the door open to a long-awaited grand bargain between the provincial and federal governments on climate

Federal nation-building projects show promise, point to need for carbon market reform

Clean Prosperity President and CEO Michael Bernstein made the following statement in response to the federal government’s announcement today of the first nation-building projects set for fast-tracking under the Building Canada Act: “The first wave of projects announced today for fast-tracking signal that the federal government is taking positive steps towards making Canada into a

There’s no reason for Trump to put the brakes on Canada’s low-carbon economic growth

Originally published in The Hub. Canada has a major economic opportunity in the global low-carbon economy, if it gets its climate and energy policies right. Those policies should be informed by principles like leveraging the ingenuity of markets and free enterprise, limited government, and respect for provincial jurisdiction. The following article is the latest installment

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Oil and gas emissions cap is the wrong policy at the wrong time

Clean Prosperity Western Director Adam Sweet made the following statement about the federal government’s draft regulations to cap emissions from Canada’s oil and gas sector, released today: “The federal government’s proposed emissions cap is the wrong policy. The new regulations couldn’t arrive at a worse time.” Adam Sweet, director for Western Canada, Clean Prosperity “The

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