Regional Energy and Resource Tables – Progress

Collaboration with our regional partners is progressing according to their preferred approach. Where one province or territory may still be fine-tuning its priorities, another might already be looking at next steps to deliver on its opportunities. Additionally, Indigenous partnership and engagement is essential and is being integrated within the individual processes.

• 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
• Ongoing work with provinces and territories, Indigenous partners and key stakeholders
• Release long-term vision of Canada’s economic success – one that includes fostering clean growth, ensuring Indigenous participation, setting potential competitiveness targets, and better prioritizing federal action.

Key announcements advancing Regional Table priorities

• March 2024: $16.7 Million to Support Ontario’s Power Grid Operator With Delivering Reliable, Affordable and Clean Energy
• February 2024: $50 million for Ontario’s Expansion of Clean, Reliable and Affordable Nuclear Energy
• October 2023: Nova Scotia and New Brunswick show progress toward phasing out coal by 2030 and expanding their clean, reliable and affordable electricity grids
• June 2023: Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act
• May 2023: $86 million to convert the oil refinery in Come By Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador, into a world-class renewable diesel facility that will create hundreds of middle-class jobs, grow the economy and help power the province’s low-carbon future
• February 2023: Sustainable Jobs Plan