Canada Sets Sights on New Electricity Projects for Energy Growth

Canada is likely to see major new electricity transmission projects on the east and west coasts as the government moves to increase energy production, the country’s natural resources minister said.

Tim Hodgson told Bloomberg News that electricity grids are an “incredibly important” part of the drive to strengthen the economy in the face of the Trump administration’s protectionist policies. Prime Minister Mark Carney has stated many times that his objective is to make Canada an “energy superpower.”

A longstanding problem for Canada is that much of its electricity grid runs south to the US, rather than east-west to connect provinces ...