Energy and ProGrid

I don’t think that Canadians yet realize how important energy is to our economy and our way of life. 

Canada has had opportunities to be world leaders in other sectors, such as forestry, minerals processing, aeronautics and automotives.  Yet although we have done well at times in all of these, we have missed opportunities for making the leap to world leadership. 

I have my own list of missed opportunities and would like to know of others. We seem to have trouble making the big decisions when the going gets tough. Energy is and can be different. Canada has almost unlimited sources of energy, both non-renewable and renewable.  I have found ProGrid to be a tremendous aid in identifying overarching goals, deciding which energy pathways to follow and monitoring progress toward the goals.  It has helped me see beyond the horizon of individual companies and the span of current government departments and to visualize true nation-building projects.