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Canada’s nuclear energy strategy
Policy perspective

Canada’s Nuclear Strategy: A Delivery Logic That Achieves Short-Term Outputs and Long-Term Impact

Why delivery institutions, financing, standardization and workforce capacity will determine whether Canada’s nuclear ambition scales.

Canadian energy infrastructure pathways
Policy perspective

Pathways Before Pipelines: Canada’s Real Energy Security Strategy

Why refining, grids, storage, electrification and domestic capacity should come before a narrow pipeline debate.

Critical minerals and the new geography of energy security
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Critical minerals and the new geography of energy security

Critical minerals are no longer a narrow mining topic. They sit at the centre of industrial policy, clean power deployment, defenc...

What renewable power means for mines and host communities
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What renewable power means for mines and host communities

For many mines, energy is both a cost centre and a strategic risk. Diesel dependence, grid instability and rising decarbonisation ...

Gas, grids and the transition dilemma
Article

Gas, grids and the transition dilemma

Natural gas sits in a contested space. It can support grid reliability and industrial growth, but it can also delay investment in ...

Remote communities, energy resilience and the extractives frontier
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Remote communities, energy resilience and the extractives frontier

Energy and extractives decisions are often made far from the communities that feel their consequences most directly. In remote and...