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Douglas Macdonald and Matthew Lesch* The central aim of this article is to provide analysis of the current political dynamic of the push for a National Energy Strategy (NES) by examining it through the lens of the distributive effects associated with the transition to a low-carbon economy. We begin by outlining several distributive effects that are inherently associated with energy and climate policy and then discuss how this basic challenge has been framed by various participants involved in the NES discourse. While we view co-ordination of climate and energy policy as desirable, we identify a number of challenges that undermine coordination. We find that key participants in the NES dialogue have been reluctant to explicitly address the problem of distributive effects. We also find that the weakness of existing intergovernmental institutions hinders the ability of Canadian governments to reach a national agreement. Based on these findings, we conclude that coordinating climate and energy policy in one national program can only be achieved if more robust mechanisms for intergovernmental negotiations are adopted and all participants involved are willing to explicitly address the problem of distributive effects.

Essentiellement, cet article constitue une analyse des enjeux idéologiques actuels sous-tendant le développement d’une politique énergétique nationale (PEN), considérant les effets distributifs qu’entraıne la transition vers une économiea faible émission de carbone. Les auteurs décrivent tout d’abord une série d’effets distributifs intimement liésa la politique sur l’énergie et le climat puis ils étudient la maniere dont ce premier défi a été relevé …