With two decades of experience working at the intersections of energy and climate change and policy and politics, he is a seasoned analyst and advocate. His work remains mission-driven, and he supports a diverse group of clients including businesses, governments, think tanks, civil society organizations and philanthropic foundations. He also serves as the Board chair of the recently launched B.C. Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy. 

Dan began his career in Alberta with the Pembina Institute, where he ultimately served as Director of Strategy and Communications. During his tenure at the Institute he completed a masters degree in environment and management at Royal Roads University where his research focused on corporate climate change strategies in the Canadian oil and gas sector. Before starting Polaris Strategy + Insight he was the Deputy Director at Clean Energy Canada, a policy think tank at Simon Fraser University.  

Throughout his career he has researched and written numerous reports on the environmental, climate change, economic and political dimensions of the energy transition in Canada. He is frequently called to testify before regulatory and legislative bodies, quoted in media, and regularly publishes commentary in Canada’s leading publications. In 2019 he received a Clean50 award for advocacy, recognizing his leadership in advancing clean energy solutions. 

more than 30 years focused on British Columbia economics and public policy, Mr. Lusztig has worked with project developers, First Nations, utilities, and regulatory agencies.

Through fact-finding, convening, and coalition building, he facilitates the development and implementation of policies to reduce carbon pollution and energy waste from homes and buildings. Tom-Pierre has provided consulting services to local governments such as the City of Vancouver, Dawson Creek (BC), the town of Faro (YK), and the Sahtú Renewable Resource Board (NWT). He sits on resource planning and demand-side management advisory bodies for BC Hydro and FortisBC, on the City of Vancouver green building advisory committee, and on B.C.’s stretch code working group. Tom-Pierre’s prior professional experience includes six years of field research on alpine glaciers in the Yukon, leading camps for youth empowerment through the arts every summer, over 10,000 lines of computational physics code, and strategic facilitation for more than 20 organizations. 

Tom-Pierre holds a physics degree from L’Université Laval and a master’s in geophysics from the University of British Columbia, and is a LEED accredited professional. 

writes the Markham On Energy political analysis column, and writes about the energy future. He is frequently interviewed on Canadian radio about energy transition issues.