Cleland, MichaelGattinger, Monica2021-07-262021-07-262017Michael Cleland and Monica Gattinger, 2017, System Under Stress: Energy Decision-Making in Canada and the Need for Informed Reform, University of Ottawa.https://www.uottawa.ca/positive-energy/sites/www.uottawa.ca.positive-energy/files/2_positive_energy-system_under_stress-cleland_and_gattinger.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10393/42460https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-26680Canada’s energy decision systems are under stress, stress that appears to be growing and is reaching the point of dysfunction. This is costing and will cost Canada in many ways: in environmental performance; in our capacity to attract investment and foster innovation; in the energy system’s ability to cost-effectively deliver reliable energy; and ultimately, in Canada’s ability to manage the transformation to a much lower carbon energy economy. This paper aims to increase the light and reduce the heat on this problem and does so in four steps: framing the problématique; better understanding the system and its component parts; identifying the core stress points in the system; and outlining a broad approach to ‘informed reform.’enCanadaEnergy PolicyRegulationPolarizationPublic ConfidencePublic TrustClimate ChangeEssay