by Lynn | Feb 10, 2026 | Defense, Our Work, Policy
When people hear “cleantech”, they often think of climate policy, emissions targets, or environmental regulation. But in Canada’s case, cleantech is increasingly a national security issue. Cleantech refers to technologies and systems that deliver energy,...
by Lynn | Nov 18, 2025 | Advocacy, Critical Minerals, Sector
Canada has an opportunity to align its natural resource strengths with the chemical, industrial, and advanced materials capabilities that will define success in the clean economy. Mining remains important, but value creation increasingly lies in the midstream — where...
by Lynn | Nov 13, 2025 | Critical Minerals, Our Work, Sector
💥 Critical Materials: The Secret Sauce of Modern Defense Let’s get one thing straight: it’s Critical Materials — not minerals — that make advanced manufacturing possible. Materials are what everything is made from: steel, aluminum, glass, plastic, silicon. Each has...
by Lynn | Sep 29, 2025 | Advocacy, Critical Minerals, Sector
Our new series, Mission Critical, will unpack the much-talked-about—but often misunderstood—world of critical minerals. This first piece lays out the essentials and places Canada’s opportunities in context. What’s All the Fuss About Critical Minerals? Just as a...
by Lynn | Aug 12, 2025 | Energy, Our Work, Sector
We’re living through a technological and economic revolution: the electrification of everything. From cars to heating systems, industrial machinery to home appliances, electricity is replacing combustion. But this isn’t just a shift in fuels — it’s a fundamental...
by Lynn | Jul 10, 2025 | Energy, Our Work, Sector
Introduction Next in our “Stumbling Along Electric Avenue” series we cover waste heat recovery and specifically waste heat to power. Every minute, smokestacks across Canada release plumes of hot air—energy that was paid for but never used. In fact, waste heat accounts...
by Lynn | May 28, 2025 | Energy, Sector
Driving Change Through Smarter Energy Use Decarbonization is one of the most pressing challenges of our time, as nations and industries grapple with the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition to a sustainable energy future. While renewable...
by Lianne Côté | May 2, 2025 | Energy, Sector
Stumbling Along Electric Avenue…A Limited Series Energy may be the topic of this generation, and though the word itself sometimes gets co-opted as being only about oil & gas it’s far more than that. Energy is about what fuels, pun intended, our economy and our...