Canada’s natural endowment of abundant energy resources, both fossil fuels and renewables, provide a level of energy security and supplies that are an envy of many nations. However, corporations continue to focus on investing in Canada’s infrastructure for the oil and gas export opportunities to the USA and the rest of the world. We argue that low-carbon energy resources, namely hydro, nuclear, geothermal, wind, solar and ocean energy, ought to be invested on a much larger scale to not only enhance security of supply but also to reduce the role of fossil fuels in a measured way over a 50-“70 year time frame. To do so, adequate energy policy for the nation should be formulated in order to induce market financing infrastructure for sustainable energy resources to compete and export across the border.
