Regional Energy and Resource Tables – Progress

Collaboration with our regional partners is progressing according to their preferred approaches and timelines. This includes adopting alternative collaboration processes with jurisdictions that may not wish to participate in a full Regional Table.

This flexibility also means that some provinces or territories may still be fine-tuning their priorities, while others are already looking at next steps to deliver on their opportunities. Additionally, Indigenous partnership and engagement is essential and is being integrated whenever possible with each Regional Table.

• April 2022: Regional Tables announced

  The 2022 federal budget included $25 million to launch the Regional Energy and Resource Tables to work with provinces, territories, Indigenous partners and relevant stakeholders to advance regional economic growth opportunities, accelerate energy transformation priorities and create sustainable jobs.

• June 2022: First 3 Regional Tables launched

  The first Regional Tables were formally launched with British Columbia, Manitoba and Newfoundland and Labrador. Working-level discussions were also initiated with the governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta.

• October 2022: 6 more Regional Tables launched

  Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories, and Yukon joined the Regional Tables.

• June 2023: British Columbia’s Collaboration Framework released

• September 2023: Alberta-Canada Working Group is established

  Comprised of Deputy Ministers and senior officials from energy, environment, industry and central agency portfolios in the two governments, the Alberta-Canada Working Group was established to discuss and develop a shared information base to understand and provide certainty regarding actions and timeframes to achieve these governments’ shared goals of economic prosperity and a carbon-neutral economy by 2050.

• March 2024: Newfoundland and Labrador’s Collaboration Framework released
• May 2024: The 10th Regional Table is launched with Nunavut
• July 2024: British Columbia released its One-Year Progress Report (see summary of the report)

Key announcements advancing Regional Table priorities

• July 2024: Governments of Canada and British Columbia invest in infrastructure upgrades to support critical minerals development in Northwest British Columbia and create jobs across the province
• March 2024: Government of Canada invests $16.7 million to support Ontario’s power grid operator with delivering reliable, affordable and clean energy
• February 2024: Government of Canada announces $50 million for Ontario’s expansion of clean, reliable and affordable nuclear energy
• October 2023: Governments of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick show progress toward phasing out coal by 2030 and expanding their clean, reliable and affordable electricity grids
• June 2023: Introduction of Bill C-49 to amend the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act
• May 2023: Government of Canada announces support to grow the Newfoundland and Labrador clean fuels sector and create middle-class jobs
• February 2023: Publication of the Sustainable Jobs Plan