Minister Hodgson advances Canada’s mission to be an power superpower at EMMC 2026

June 26, 2026                                    Yellowknife, Northwest Territories                              Natural Resources Canada

As the world experiences an power disaster with three dimensions — affordability, power safety and local weather change — Canada faces a generational alternative to unlock our pure useful resource abundance and supply for ourselves and our allies. The federal authorities is selecting to grab this pivotal second to strengthen our place as a world power superpower and to construct a powerful, affluent, sovereign Canada.

This week, whereas attending the 2026 Energy and Mine Ministers’ Conference (EMMC) in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories — the annual gathering of federal, provincial and territorial ministers chargeable for power and mining — the Honourable Tim Hodgson, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, superior key actions the Government of Canada is taking to strengthen our mining and power sectors.

Strengthening Domestic Energy Availability and Security

The power disaster unfolding globally because of the battle within the Middle East is a reminder that power safety is nationwide safety. At EMMC, federal, provincial and territorial ministers agreed to work collectively urgently to determine and handle potential factors of power infrastructure vulnerability inside Canada whereas advancing co-ordinated motion to boost system reliability and resilience, advance electrical energy interties, broaden Canadian biofuels manufacturing and enhance collaboration on info sharing and emergency responses to power disruptions.

Being an power superpower for many years to come back additionally means scaling up clear power and strengthening our electrical energy grids to offer dependable, reasonably priced and clear energy throughout the nation.

To that finish, on the margins of the EMMC, Minister Hodgson introduced over $16 million to help clear power infrastructure tasks in British Columbia, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories. These investments are serving to to strengthen regional power safety, create new jobs and financial alternative and construct a cleaner grid.

Building a Stronger and Better-Connected Grid

During EMMC, Minister Hodgson superior the Government of Canada’s dedication — outlined in Powering Canada Strong: A National Strategy for an Electrified Canadian Economy — to help intertie and interprovincial transmission tasks. In partnership with provincial and territorial ministers, he recognized 5 precedence interties throughout the nation. The Government of Canada is dedicated to supporting these tasks, which can assist to construct the reasonably priced, dependable, electrical energy system of the long run for Canadians throughout the nation.

Unlocking Canada’s Mineral Potential

Canada is appearing with urgency to unlock the complete potential of our essential minerals by constructing tasks that may mine, course of and transport our assets to markets at dwelling and overseas.

This week in Yellowknife, Minister Hodgson introduced as much as $73 million to advance sustainable mining, strengthen Indigenous partnership and management within the mining sector, and construct the infrastructure wanted to attach Canadian essential minerals to international markets.

At the EMMC, the Minister additionally highlighted the subsequent steps within the creation of the Canadian Digital Core Library — a nationwide platform that may facilitate entry to digitized drill core knowledge from throughout the nation, serving to us perceive the assets beneath our toes and catalyze sensible non-public sector funding in Canadian mining. An funding of as much as $15 million from Natural Resources Canada will help the event of the nationwide digital platform. Further, by means of memoranda of understanding and letters of intent with 10 provinces and territories, and with partnerships with six main mining corporations, Canada is constructing a co-ordinated, pan-Canadian strategy to managing and sharing drill core knowledge, which is at the moment fragmented throughout federal, provincial, territorial and private-sector core repositories.

Canada and the provinces and territories additionally launched a joint statement on mineral claims, selling accountable funding, possession transparency and energetic growth of Canada’s mineral potential.

Advancing momentum collectively

Now greater than ever, Canada should come collectively to grab the chance earlier than us to construct a stronger, extra affluent and safer nation, for everybody who lives right here and for the generations to come back. Guided by EMMC’s theme “Securing Canada’s Critical Mineral and Energy Advantage,” Minister Hodgson highlighted the necessity for a Team Canada strategy, together with significant Indigenous partnership, to strengthen power and demanding mineral safety, construct main tasks, enhance regulatory effectivity, help funding and job creation, and place Canada as a dependable international provider amidst a risky panorama.

The Government of Canada is dedicated to supply throughout our power and pure assets sector. Together with provinces, territories, Indigenous Peoples and business companions, we are going to do what’s required to make sure Canada’s financial system stays sturdy, sustainable and sovereign.