Manitoba has signed onto an Ontario-led proposal to expand and modernize interprovincial transmission lines, and establish a national energy grid to "Trump-proof" Canada's energy security.

"We're joining Ontario in this move and we're happy to encourage every other province in Canada, every other territory, to sign onto this partnership agreement," Premier Wab Kinew said at a news conference Friday.

The plan would help secure power grids across the country and strengthen Canada’s energy security, Kinew said.

It would see transmission interconnections linking neighbouring electrical utility systems, allowing them to share and trade power, providing capacity during periods of peak demand or unexpected system stress, according to a news release from the province.

Manitoba has "clean, low-

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