Blogs and Responses
The good, the bad and the equivocal: Evaluating the proposed amendment to Canada’s Energy Efficiency Act
Modernizing the Energy Efficiency Act would reduce energy costs and speed progress towards net-zero emissions. Authored by Sarah Riddell.
Ottawa plans to modernize the Energy Efficiency Act. Here’s how to do it right
To reduce energy bills and reach net-zero emissions, Canada’s update to the legislation must strengthen standards and broaden its scope.
What Budget 2025 means for energy efficiency
Budget 2025 missed an opportunity to make energy efficiency a productivity-enhancing nation-building project.
Creating a new policy agenda for residential retrofits
Abrupt cancellations of federal programs intensify market volatilities and create a disruptive stop-start pattern. A new policy agenda should be...
Energy efficiency should be considered a nation-building project
Energy efficiency deserves to be treated as a nationbuilding project—one that the federal government should lead.
A retrofit mission could power Carney’s made-in-Canada agenda
Retrofitting existing homes and buildings strengthens the economy while cutting emissions, accelerates housing delivery while lowering costs, and builds a...
MP Eric St-Pierre introduced a motion to officially recognize National Energy Efficiency Day
Member of Parliament Eric St-Pierre introduced a motion to officially recognize National Energy Efficiency Day in Canada.
Canada Greener Homes Loan Program closes applications
Efficiency Canada urges the federal government to recapitalize the Greener Homes Loan in Budget 2025 as part of a suite...
5 reasons improving energy efficiency is a good nation-building project
Energy efficiency deserves to be treated as a nation-building project — one that the federal government should lead.