CORPORATE KNIGHTS: Build Canada better: Five clean megaproj
Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2026 1:10 pmCORPORATE KNIGHTS: Build Canada better: Five clean megaprojects worth building a nation around
OPINION | Instead of propping up sunsetting industries, Canada needs a hard pivot to large-scale, transformative, distributed energy megaprojects . . . by Jason Mogus and Tyee Bridge
July 10, 2026 - Corporate Knights.
EXCERPT: "We are not living in normal times. In this volatile new world, Canada has been ducking a flurry of punches, so credit to Prime Minister Mark Carney for wanting to transform Canada’s economy with big-ticket infrastructure projects, the so-called projects of national interest.
But what if the projects Carney is fast-tracking will not actually make Canada stronger? Most of the energy-related projects of national interest currently on the table for billions in taxpayer subsidies and other support would see Canada further expanding fossil fuels or nuclear energy. Many of these are likely to be terrible investments, further entrenching our economy with inefficient and declining energy platforms – at the exact moment when technological advances are driving many global buyers to rapidly shift their energy systems in the other direction.
Instead of propping up sunsetting industries, we think Canada needs a hard pivot. Our organization, Adamant, spent this spring working with many smart partners on a vision built around saying “yes”: yes to large-scale, transformative, distributed energy megaprojects. If these projects are supported in the same way as fossil fuel and nuclear megaprojects, they would deliver more jobs, more economic independence and help with affordability – all with less market risk and far less pollution.
Here are five clean megaprojects that are worth building a nation around. . . . . "
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OPINION | Instead of propping up sunsetting industries, Canada needs a hard pivot to large-scale, transformative, distributed energy megaprojects . . . by Jason Mogus and Tyee Bridge
July 10, 2026 - Corporate Knights.
EXCERPT: "We are not living in normal times. In this volatile new world, Canada has been ducking a flurry of punches, so credit to Prime Minister Mark Carney for wanting to transform Canada’s economy with big-ticket infrastructure projects, the so-called projects of national interest.
But what if the projects Carney is fast-tracking will not actually make Canada stronger? Most of the energy-related projects of national interest currently on the table for billions in taxpayer subsidies and other support would see Canada further expanding fossil fuels or nuclear energy. Many of these are likely to be terrible investments, further entrenching our economy with inefficient and declining energy platforms – at the exact moment when technological advances are driving many global buyers to rapidly shift their energy systems in the other direction.
Instead of propping up sunsetting industries, we think Canada needs a hard pivot. Our organization, Adamant, spent this spring working with many smart partners on a vision built around saying “yes”: yes to large-scale, transformative, distributed energy megaprojects. If these projects are supported in the same way as fossil fuel and nuclear megaprojects, they would deliver more jobs, more economic independence and help with affordability – all with less market risk and far less pollution.
Here are five clean megaprojects that are worth building a nation around. . . . . "
[ https://corporateknights.com/perspectiv ... on-around/ ]