Canada: Energy Law

The Canadian federal government has launched a 30-day consultation on sweeping reforms to accelerate major project approvals, proposing a centralized one-year timeline and "one project, one review" approach. These legislative and regulatory changes aim to streamline infrastructure development while raising critical questions about Indigenous consultation, environmental oversight, and the balance between expedited approvals and meaningful public engagement.

Canada's Atlantic provinces are pursuing an ambitious clean energy transformation through offshore wind, nuclear redevelopment, hydroelectric expansion, and interprovincial transmission infrastructure. The Eastern Energy Partnership aims to integrate regional resources into a nation-building corridor capable of exporting power to Quebec, Ontario, and the northeastern United States, while individual provinces advance distinct strategies from Nova Scotia's 40 GW Wind West initiative to Newfoundland and Labrad

As nuclear power experiences a renaissance driven by clean energy demands, Canada is positioning itself at the forefront of small modular reactor (SMR) deployment. Adam Banack, a Partner at Mintz...

2025 marked another year of change in the Alberta power industry. Alberta continues to face a major electricity market overhaul through both updates to the Optimal Transmission Planning (“OTP”)...

Canada's efforts to become an energy superpower could become supercharged if the country is able to attract substantial capital and bring the right global partners to the table.

In recent years, as part of its strategy to meet its 2050 goal of net-zero carbon emissions and transition Canada to not only a green economy but an energy superpower...

Partners Lucien Bouchard and Nicolas Morin represented Davies at this year's Sommet du repreneuriat, contributing to a broader reflection on one of the most defining economic transitions currently underway in Québec.

On March 26, 2026, the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) held their fourth and potentially last engagement session regarding their much anticipated long lead time request...

The BC Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (“DRIPA”), and the related United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (“UNDRIP”)...