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#2. Connect Canada’s fragmented grids East-West-North through new and
expanded transmission lines
Canada’s electricity system is currently fragmented across provincial
and territorial grids, costing us billions of dollars in outages, duplicative
infrastructure, and wasted power. These consultations will tackle common
barriers to interprovincial interties so we can unite our grids and deliver more
reliable, a昀昀ordable power to all Canadians.
#3. Train, attract, and retain the talent needed to build the grid of the future
Doubling the grid will require more than 130,000 high-skilled workers by
2050. Through these consultations, the federal government will work with
industry, labour, and training partners to develop solutions to train, attract,
and retain the talent needed to build and maintain the grid of the future.
#4. Make more of the technologies and components domestically
The federal government is ensuring industries can bridge to seize its
opportunities. These consultations will explore how to grow domestic
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