Answer: clean energy
Employment in Canada's clean energy sector has jumped 37% in the past five years, says a new report from the think tank Clean Energy Canada, and now exceeds employment in the oilsands.
There were 23,700 people directly employed by the clean energy industry in 2013, compared to 22,340 jobs in the oilsands
Those job gains were the result of about $25 billion in new investment over the past five years, the report said. It singled out Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia as the three provinces leading the way in clean energy investment.
The federal government has helped lay the groundwork for green energy, but has done very little to build on it.
Clean Energy Canada would like to see a federal industrial policy, based on tax and research incentives, like the one that helped Canada's aerospace and oil sands industries in their infancy.
If the federal government got engaged we could be a real world leader in clean energy, but the federal government is really missing in action.
Those job gains were the result of about $25 billion in new investment over the past five years, the report said. It singled out Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia as the three provinces leading the way in clean energy investment.
The federal government has helped lay the groundwork for green energy, but has done very little to build on it.
Clean Energy Canada would like to see a federal industrial policy, based on tax and research incentives, like the one that helped Canada's aerospace and oil sands industries in their infancy.
If the federal government got engaged we could be a real world leader in clean energy, but the federal government is really missing in action.
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