Tim Hodgson calls delivering on climate goals and economic growth the defining challenge of our generation

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson says Canada can still lead the energy transition even with his government’s support for new oil pipelines.

“Canada’s innovation ambition is straightforward,” he said during his keynote speech at the International Energy Agency ’s Energy and Innovation Forum in Toronto on Wednesday. “Build the most reliable, affordable, low-carbon energy system in the world, and export the know-how, technology and resources that make it possible.”

Hodgson said the world is “at a turning point,” with geopolitical tensions and technology “accelerating the drive towards net zero.”

But that vision could be viewed as being at odds with other parts o

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