National energy strategy an ongoing discussion, not single report: Carr
OTTAWA — Almost two years ago, the first assignment given to Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr was to produce a national energy strategy.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in his mandate letter to Carr in November 2015, asked that the strategy include plans to ensure energy security, encourage conservation, promote renewable energy development and create a smarter electricity grid.
It was supposed to help cut down confusion about how Canada can meet its Liberal-mandated greenhouse gas emissions goals while continuing to build pipelines or transition the energy sector to cleaner, renewable fuel sources without damaging the economy.
This week, Carr hosted a major energy conference in Winnipeg, complete with some of the world’s foremost minds on energy, and billed by the minister as a big stop on the road to getting that strategy off the ground.