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Mark Winfield is a professor of environmental studies at York University, and co-chair of the University’s Sustainable Energy Initiative.

Bill removing internal trade barriers risks undermining policy innovation 

  • Does a mutual recognition framework for internal trade put downwards pressure on health, safety, occupational, and environmental standards?
Opinion | BY MARK WINFIELD | June 18, 2025
Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy Minister Dominic LeBlanc, pictured, is the sponsor of Bill C-5. Simple mutual recognition of provincial standards potentially sets up a lowest common denominator framework for the affected standards, writes Mark Winfield. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Bill removing internal trade barriers risks undermining policy innovation 

Opinion | BY MARK WINFIELD | June 18, 2025
  • Does a mutual recognition framework for internal trade put downwards pressure on health, safety, occupational, and environmental standards?

Bill removing internal trade barriers risks undermining policy innovation 

Opinion | BY MARK WINFIELD | June 18, 2025
  • Does a mutual recognition framework for internal trade put downwards pressure on health, safety, occupational, and environmental standards?
Intergovernmental Affairs and One Canadian Economy Minister Dominic LeBlanc, pictured, is the sponsor of Bill C-5. Simple mutual recognition of provincial standards potentially sets up a lowest common denominator framework for the affected standards, writes Mark Winfield. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Amid rapid global growth, renewable energy’s Canadian future remains uncertain

  • In Canada, the defining feature of renewable energy development has been profound instability. Over the past two decades, activity in the sector has alternated
Opinion | BY MARK WINFIELD | June 2, 2025
The scale of Canada’s wind and solar resources is almost unlimited in energy terms, and the challenges of intermittency can be overcome by improved grid management, the geographic distribution of assets and the rapid technological developments taking place in the field of energy storage, writes Mark Winfield. Photograph courtesy of Steve, Pixabay.com

Amid rapid global growth, renewable energy’s Canadian future remains uncertain

Opinion | BY MARK WINFIELD | June 2, 2025
  • In Canada, the defining feature of renewable energy development has been profound instability. Over the past two decades, activity in the sector has alternated

Amid rapid global growth, renewable energy’s Canadian future remains uncertain

Opinion | BY MARK WINFIELD | June 2, 2025
  • In Canada, the defining feature of renewable energy development has been profound instability. Over the past two decades, activity in the sector has alternated
The scale of Canada’s wind and solar resources is almost unlimited in energy terms, and the challenges of intermittency can be overcome by improved grid management, the geographic distribution of assets and the rapid technological developments taking place in the field of energy storage, writes Mark Winfield. Photograph courtesy of Steve, Pixabay.com

A life-cycle view essential on EV battery opportunities and risks

  • Over the past few months, the economic opportunities that the electrification of transportation, particularly the widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), might offer Canada
Opinion | BY MARK WINFIELD, SUMEET SOOCH | June 16, 2021
Unifor president Jerry Dias is pictured at a press conference at the Ford Connectivity and Innovation Centre in Ottawa on Oct. 8, 2020. The issue of Canada’s potential contributions to electric vehicle supply chains, especially batteries, from the mining of primary components like lithium and other metals, through to design and manufacturing, has been at the centre of discussions about their widespread adoption, write Mark Winfield and Sumeet Sooch. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

A life-cycle view essential on EV battery opportunities and risks

Opinion | BY MARK WINFIELD, SUMEET SOOCH | June 16, 2021
  • Over the past few months, the economic opportunities that the electrification of transportation, particularly the widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), might offer Canada

A life-cycle view essential on EV battery opportunities and risks

Opinion | BY MARK WINFIELD, SUMEET SOOCH | June 16, 2021
  • Over the past few months, the economic opportunities that the electrification of transportation, particularly the widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), might offer Canada
Unifor president Jerry Dias is pictured at a press conference at the Ford Connectivity and Innovation Centre in Ottawa on Oct. 8, 2020. The issue of Canada’s potential contributions to electric vehicle supply chains, especially batteries, from the mining of primary components like lithium and other metals, through to design and manufacturing, has been at the centre of discussions about their widespread adoption, write Mark Winfield and Sumeet Sooch. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Climate and shifting markets define energy challenges for Canada

  • The state of energy policy in Canada, as it relates to fossil fuels, is defined by two major issues: the stalling out, with the possible
Opinion | BY MARK WINFIELD | December 7, 2020
Canada's federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured Feb. 24, 2020, on the Hill. The federal government’s newly proposed climate change legislation, Bill C-12, would only establish emission reduction targets for 2030 and beyond, and although requiring planning and reporting, does little to advance the achievement of what targets might be set. The government’s initiative on low-carbon fuel standards seems to be faltering, writes Mark Winfield. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Climate and shifting markets define energy challenges for Canada

Opinion | BY MARK WINFIELD | December 7, 2020
  • The state of energy policy in Canada, as it relates to fossil fuels, is defined by two major issues: the stalling out, with the possible

Climate and shifting markets define energy challenges for Canada

Opinion | BY MARK WINFIELD | December 7, 2020
  • The state of energy policy in Canada, as it relates to fossil fuels, is defined by two major issues: the stalling out, with the possible
Canada's federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, pictured Feb. 24, 2020, on the Hill. The federal government’s newly proposed climate change legislation, Bill C-12, would only establish emission reduction targets for 2030 and beyond, and although requiring planning and reporting, does little to advance the achievement of what targets might be set. The government’s initiative on low-carbon fuel standards seems to be faltering, writes Mark Winfield. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Political consequences of interim measures: B.C. election, Kinder-Morgan Pipeline and federal environmental assessment reform

  • TORONTO—One of the defining features of former prime minister Stephen Harper’s approach to environmental matters was the dramatic streamlining of the federal environmental review
Opinion | BY MARK WINFIELD | June 12, 2017
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in October 2016 on the Hill. There is no easy way out of the political box Trudeau’s government has constructed for itself around the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline, but the prime minister would be well advised to give the review panel’s recommendations serious consideration. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Political consequences of interim measures: B.C. election, Kinder-Morgan Pipeline and federal environmental assessment reform

Opinion | BY MARK WINFIELD | June 12, 2017
  • TORONTO—One of the defining features of former prime minister Stephen Harper’s approach to environmental matters was the dramatic streamlining of the federal environmental review

Political consequences of interim measures: B.C. election, Kinder-Morgan Pipeline and federal environmental assessment reform

Opinion | BY MARK WINFIELD | June 12, 2017
  • TORONTO—One of the defining features of former prime minister Stephen Harper’s approach to environmental matters was the dramatic streamlining of the federal environmental review
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured in October 2016 on the Hill. There is no easy way out of the political box Trudeau’s government has constructed for itself around the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline, but the prime minister would be well advised to give the review panel’s recommendations serious consideration. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright
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