Canada is a global energy superpower, and the Government of Canada is committed to building on this momentum by developing our natural resources — driving economic growth; creating well-paying careers; ensuring energy sovereignty and security; and allowing us to deliver reliable, affordable energy to Canadians and our allies.
At the 2026 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention — the world’s largest mining conference, hosted in Toronto — the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and Parliamentary Secretary Claude Guay led a successful Canadian delegation that reinforced Canada’s plans to build and strengthen full critical minerals value chains to supply customers at home and in allied nations with the minerals the world wants.
Today, at the 2026 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention, the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced over $3.6 billion in new programs and investments to unlock Canada’s critical minerals advantage and deliver Canadian minerals from mine to market.
Today, at the 2026 Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada Convention (PDAC), the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources announced progress toward the creation of the CDCL.
Today, the Government of Canada is taking the next step to support and retool our forest sector. The Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, launched a national Calls for Proposals under Natural Resources Canada’s forest sector transformation programs, supported by a $500-million commitment.
Canada is strengthening domestic and international economic and energy security by working with allies to diversify trade, secure investment and sell our best-in-class energy and minerals to the world.
Today, Parliamentary Secretary Claude Guay, on behalf of the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced over $3 million in funding from Natural Resources Canada for projects in Quebec that support energy efficiency, affordability, and economic growth.
Today at Les Conférences Cecobois et le Forum construction bas carbone et biosourcée 2026, Claude Guay, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced that Cecobois is receiving, from the Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) program, $580,000 in federal funding administered by the Conseil de l’industrie forestière du Québec.
Today, Claude Guay, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, on behalf of the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, announced $4 million to ORPC Canada for a demonstration project showing how the natural flow of the river can generate clean, reliable energy.