Across Canada, millions of people quietly balance caregiving responsibilities alongside work, family and everyday life. Whether caring for aging parents, children with disabilities, spouses or loved ones facing illness, many do not realize they are family caregivers. They simply see it as helping someone they love. These eight million Canadians – who devote their lives…
For more than three decades, Gurpreet Bhatia has watched Canada’s fuels sector evolve through shifting regulations, operational challenges, market changes, and an evolving energy landscape. One thing has remained constant: the importance of collaboration. As Director, Energy Roadmap Business Development at Federated Co-operatives Limited, Gurpreet brings a broad industry perspective to his work across Canadian…
For nearly five decades, Geoff Granville has helped shape how Canada approaches occupational and environmental health, not through public attention or headlines, but through science, collaboration and steady leadership behind the scenes. This year, the Canadian Fuels Association is recognizing that impact with the Lifetime Achievement Award. A toxicologist by training, Geoff began his career with Shell in the United Kingdom in…
For Connor Scheu, the future of fuels is not just about advancing technology, but about building solutions that work for people, communities and the next generation. Over the past nine years at Suncor, the Rising Star Award recipient has built a career focused on leveraging his engineering background to advance lower-carbon intensity fuels while championing Indigenous…
Session 1 Moderated by: Bob Larocque, President & CEO, Canadian Fuels AssociationFeaturing: Steve Verheul, Canadian Co-Chair, Coalition for North American Trade; Robert Johnston, Director of Energy and Natural Resources, University of Calgary School of Public Policy; and Uday Turaga, ADI Analytics Following the fifth annual Canadian Fuels Association (CFA) Awards of Excellence, industry leaders, policymakers,…
In a more fragmented and protectionist global economy, relying on imports to meet domestic compliance obligations is not a viable long-term strategy. Over the past year, the global energy landscape has changed dramatically. Trade tensions have intensified. Geopolitical instability has deepened. And energy market volatility has become a defining feature of the global economy. The…
Most Canadians do not spend much time thinking about fuel. They just expect it to be there. For the morning commute. The delivery truck. The ambulance. The plane, ship, farm, factory and essential service that needs to move, operate and respond without delay. That reliability does not happen by accident. It is powered by a…
Over the past two months, global energy markets have been shaped by escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, including disruptions linked to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz – one of the world’s most critical oil transit chokepoints. With a significant share of global crude oil moving through this narrow passage, any disruption…
Greenfield Global is best known for producing fuel ethanol but in early 2020, that same expertise fueled something different. As global demand for hand sanitizer surged, Plant Manager Brendan Bland and his team at the Johnstown facility reimagined their operations almost overnight, building new processes, packaging solutions, and logistics pathways to pivot ethanol production toward…
OTTAWA, ON, January 6, 2026 — The Canadian Fuels Association is pleased to announce that Norcan has joined the Association as its newest associate member, further strengthening CFA’s national network of companies supporting Canada’s transportation fuels sector. As Canada’s largest independent petroleum importer and wholesaler and a major supplier of refined and renewable fuels to…
Canada’s canola industry has long been a driver of rural prosperity and trade, contributing more than $43 billion annually to the economy and supporting over 200,000 jobs. But recent developments, including the closure of the Chinese market and volatility in other key markets, underscore our need to diversify canola’s markets and end-uses. The good news…
The start-up of Imperial’s new renewable diesel plant in Strathcona County, Alberta is a positive step forward for cleaner fuel production in Canada. Once producing at full capacity, the plant could add about 1 billion litres of a renewable fuel that works seamlessly in today’s diesel engines to Canada’s annual supply. As of 2024, Canada…
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