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Carney’s Next Power Play is Trying to Double Electricity Output

Plus: Bruce Flatt has a rocket launcher

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Julie Dabrusin, environment and climate change minister.Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg

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By Nojoud Al Mallees

May 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM UTC

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Mark Carney has rolled out yet another plank in his economic strategy, this time pledging to double Canada’s electricity generation by 2050.