The Symposium gave participants the opportunity to share insights, solutions, and best practices and to identify opportunities and challenges, which helps accelerate innovation in this sector and enables it to become more innovative, competitive, and efficient. [...] Representatives of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and the Governments of British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut met several times over the last year in order to share information on current and planned activities, to establish shared priorities and to enhance collaboration in order to improve Canadian [...] The database provides a range of benefits to governments, utilities, academia, industry, communities, and the general public, including the following: Knowledge of how energy is produced and used in remote communities; Information on the cost of electricity on a site-by-site basis; Common format, accessible to all, and all in one location; and Quality controlled source of data for use in p [...] This includes ongoing efforts to modernize policy and regulatory frameworks, supporting scientific research to better understand the resource potential and the implications of its development for the environment and human health, and engaging in meaningful communication and consultation with the public. [...] To this end, Natural Resources Canada led a series of workshops in Halifax, Québec City, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver, in February and March 2015, with close to 200 federal, provincial and territorial government, industry and academia representatives on hand to discuss knowledge gaps and barriers to innovation in the understanding and mitigation of the risks associated with this develop
- ISBN
- 9780660024424
- Pages
- 46
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
