“The Government of Canada stands firmly behind the energy sector as a source of good, middle-class jobs. We have promised to develop Canada’s resources in a way that creates jobs, spurs innovation, contributes to our quality of life and enables us to leave a cleaner planet for future generations."
Ottawa — Join Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr, as he hosts the Generation Energy Forum from October 11-12, 2017, in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Canada’s nuclear industry will play a key role in driving innovation and expanding Canada’s clean energy mix as the world transitions toward a low-carbon economy.
Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr, and his provincial counterparts today renewed their commitment to strongly support and defend the Canadian forest industry.
Supported by the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM), Canada’s forest industries play a central role in combatting climate change, risk of forest fires, driving innovation, expanding trade, supporting biodiversity and creating jobs.
Canada’s forests hold the world’s largest biomass reserves – the basis for making renewable bioenergy, biomaterials and other bioproducts. Leveraging this renewable resource will help spur innovation, investment, research and partnerships.
I want to recognize that we are meeting on the traditional territory of the Algonquin people. Long before there was a lumber industry in a place called Bytown, the Algonquin lived in - and were part of - the forests of this region.