A common energy policy for Canada : what is there to gain ? Energy and environmental context in Canada
From a constitutional point of view, energy in Canada is a shared responsibility between the federal and the provincial governments. Provinces and territories manage their non-renewable (...)
What is there to gain from a common energy policy ?
Many potential gains ; some potential losses. It depends on the purposes of
(and the interests steering) the development and implementation of such a
common policy.
Also : Energy policy should not be pursued in isolation, but needs to be (...)
What is there to gain from a common energy policy ?
There are environmental and economic gains to be made from a common energy policy. First, as environmental problems do not stop at political borders, especially GHG, provincial policies lack scale and coordination to maximize their positive (...)
Why a common energy policy ?
For some reasons, electricity dominates discussions and reflexions about energy policies. This was the case in Ontario, for example, even though, except for Quebec, electricity represents only about 20 % of all energy use.
A number of other energy issues are (...)
Some initial thoughts on the questions. What is there to gain from a common energy policy for Eastern Canada ?
An energy policy aims at : security of supply low cost of supply economic development environmental objectives
In Eastern Canada, there is no huge security of supply problem (...)
What is there to gain from a common energy policy ?
I think that there is much to gain – potentially – from a common energy policy. (Please note that by ‘common energy policy’, I do not necessarily mean ‘identical energy policies across various jurisdictions’. Instead, I mean something more akin (...)
Based on the documents I provided and available in the section above, here are some initial thoughts on your questions : 1. What is there to gain from a common energy policy ?
I don’t believe it’s possible to have a common "global" energy policy in Eastern Canada, or Canada for that matter, (...)