A second adjustment will be to higher energy costs in the years ahead. This is a major issue for all countries, and poses a problem for Canada and Ontario, which are energy-intensive by world standards. But energy cost increases and supply concerns are not limited to oil and natural gas.
The blackout of August 2003 was a spectacular example of the need to have adequate and failsafe  2  BIS Review 56/2004  electricity supplies. We know that our electricity supplies are often stretched to the limit.