Clean electricity is perhaps Canada’s greatest strategic asset in the 21st century. Already, more than 80 per cent of electricity generated in the country is non-emitting. As more and more of the economy electrifies—everything from electric vehicles to heat pumps to steel furnaces—we will need to double or even triple total electricity production, which Canada is well-positioned to do given our existing infrastructure, expertise and geography.

In this pivotal moment, the nation-building project Canada needs is not another oil pipeline that traps us in a costly, declining industry, but an east-west electricity grid that enables a productive, resilient economy for the century to come.