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It is not clear yet which side of the border the failure started on, we may never know what caused it. It is clear that the American government is serious about solving the problem, it is not so clear that the will to solve the problem exists on the Canadian side. I am working on the presumption that the Canadian utilities will not upgrade their grids. In Canada the power companies are owned by the respective provincial governments, their purpose in the eyes of there owners is to be a source of graft and patronage. With the exception of Hydro Quebec, the Canadian utilities are broke (HQ remains solvent largely because it is stealing a fortune from NFLD and Lab). If we, I believe fairly, presume that the Canadian grid will not be upgraded then these occurances will become more common on the Canadian side. I would love to be proved wrong on this but I don't think I will.

"It is not clear yet which side of the border the failure started on, we may never know what caused it."

NERC (who should know) claims they will find out and all indications point to FirstEnergy Corp in Ohio. Perhaps you are blinded by your dislike for your former country, but electric utilities in the U.S. are in the same sorry state of affairs as Ontario's.

We receive an enormous amount of electricity from Quebec and we must NOT put up ANY barriers to ensure that that supply continues. This appears to be the fault of an American utility - let's not blame others for our own mess...