The cost of federal inaction for Canadians feeling the impacts of extreme weather took centre stage at a national summit on Thursday, as city leaders demanded climate-forward investment.

Kevin Thomas, CEO of the Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE), digs into what works and what might not in Canada’s new national electricity strategy, and how it could shape future investment decisions.

The “milestone” purchase agreement announced May 27 for the Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in British Columbia is a good deal more tentative than a federal media release made it sound, according to the German state utility that signed the deal.

A German utility’s decision to buy a million tonnes of gas per year from the yet-to-be-built Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in British Columbia may help the project secure the investors it needs, but still falls short of the energy trade breakthrough the federal government is claiming, independent analysts say.

The diesel and hydroelectric generators built for industry in Canada's North are expensive and aging, write Lynne Couves and Rosa Brown in Policy Options. Repair and improvement can’t be the sole burden of communities.

Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD is open to acquiring a competing manufacturer and setting up shop to produce cars in Canada—but not if it means entering a joint venture with another company.

Under current federal policies, climate pollution fall by just 28% from 2005 levels by 2050, showing that “additional policy action is required to achieve net-zero emissions,” the Canada Energy Regulator projects.

Removing obstacles to renewable energy development must factor into talks the Alberta and federal governments are having around electricity emissions policy, the Calgary-based Pembina Institute said in a new report.