Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is quietly developing a national electricity strategy to be released early this year.
The “clean electricity strategy,” as it is referred to in some lobbying records, offers a political opportunity for Carney to rebuild support among climate advocates after dismantling much of the previous government’s emission reduction policies and regulations, while throwing political weight behind fossil fuel infrastructure including new LNG terminals and a new oil pipeline to the West Coast.
A spokesperson for Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson confirmed an electricity strategy was under development and would be launched this year, but stopped short of a more detailed timeline.