Skip to main content
Electricity Transformation Canada 2023 Main banner
Icon Legend
This session is not in your schedule.
This session is in your schedule. Click again to remove it.

Permitting Canada’s Green Transition: The Future of Environmental Management

Wednesday, October 25, 2023
11:45 - 12:45  
Location: Palomino D, BMO Centre

    Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

  • Geni Peters

    Director of Research
    ECO Canada

    • Concurrent Session Speaker(s)

  • Jonathan Arnold (he/him/his)

    Acting Director of Clean Growth
    Canadian Climate Institute
    North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  • Dale Conroy (he/him/his)

    Power Sector Leader, Environmental Services, Canada
    Stantec Consulting Ltd.
    Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada

  • Brianne England (she/her/hers)

    Manager, EA Applications
    Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment
    Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

  • Fernando Melo

    Federal Director
    Canadian Renewable Energy Association
    Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Over the next 28 years, Canada will need to expand its wind and solar capacity almost ten-fold, with significant help from energy storage, to support its net-zero targets. As we embark upon this immense expansion, regional permitting represents both a force for environmental protection and a challenge for potential developers and operators. To successfully transition Canada’s economy, regional policymakers and renewable energy providers must work together to optimize outcomes for ecosystems, local communities and asset owners. In this interactive session, we bring together representatives from environment Ministries across Canada to discuss what’s working, what isn’t, and how they envision the future, as we work towards 2035 and 2050 net-zero targets.