Canada Net Zero – Federal Policy
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Wilkinson Touts ‘Really Good News’ as Canada Reports Higher CO2 Emissions for 2019
Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions rose fractionally in 2019, the first year the country’s national carbon pricing system took effect, but Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson ... -
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Pre-Budget Talk Centres on National Child Care Plan as Trudeau Mocks Conservatives’ Climate Policy
Fresh from a Liberal Party policy convention over the weekend, the Trudeau government is just days away from an April 19 budget that is ... -
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Decolonize Climate Policy, Address Structural Inequalities, Indigenous Climate Action Urges Ottawa
Canada needs to rethink its climate policies to stop excluding Indigenous people from decision-making, respect Indigenous rights to self-determination and free, prior and informed ... -
Pressure Builds for MPs to Advance Climate Accountability Legislation Next Week
Five Canadian climate organizations are turning up the heat on all the parties in the House of Commons to advance the Net-Zero Emissions Accountability ... -
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Campaigners Urge NDP-Green ‘Climate Emergency Alliance’ in Next Federal Election [Sign-on]
A “climate emergency alliance” between the New Democratic and Green parties could make as many as 80 more House of Commons seats available to ... -
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Supreme Court Carbon Ruling Could Trigger ‘Start-Up Explosion’ but Loopholes Undermine Federal Floor Price
A U.S. technology newsletter is touting Canada’s newly-confirmed carbon tax as a likely catalyst for a “start-up explosion” in several branches of cleantech, even ... -
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Biden Jobs, Infrastructure Plan Aims to ‘Turbocharge the Transition’ Off Fossil Fuels
U.S. President Joe Biden travelled to Pittsburgh last Wednesday to unveil a US$2-billion jobs and infrastructure plan that includes a 10-year, $650-billion commitment to ... -
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Federal Carbon Offset Plan Could Drive Up Emissions, Analysts Warn
The Canadian government’s new carbon offset system could ultimately drive up greenhouse gas emissions while creating the illusion of progress on the climate crisis, ... -
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Sustainable Investing a ‘Deadly Distraction’ from Government Action, Ex-BlackRock CIO Warns
It’s a “deadly distraction” to think major corporations can replace sweeping government action in response to the climate crisis, according to a former finance ... -
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‘Love Letter to the Planet’: Supreme Court Upholds Federal Carbon Price Regime in 6-3 Decision
The Supreme Court of Canada has brought an end to years of provincial legal challenges to a key cornerstone of federal climate policy, deciding ... -
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EXCLUSIVE: New Carbon Capture Tax Credit Would Drive Higher Emissions, Could Mislead Investors
A new federal incentive, modelled on a U.S. tax credit for carbon capture, utilization and storage, would be tailor-made to drive higher greenhouse gas ... -
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Opinion: Freeland Must Pick a Lane with Next Month’s Federal Budget. And the Right Answer is Obvious.
When she tables a much-anticipated federal budget later this year, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland mustn’t pass up the opportunity to revisit and rethink a ... -
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Nuclear Fuel ‘Recycling’ in New Brunswick Could Drive Weapons Proliferation, Analysts Warn
Two veteran safe energy campaigners are raising the alarm after the federal government announced a C$50.5-million subsidy to a New Brunswick company that wants ... -
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Initial Economic Gains Mustn’t Deter Freeland’s Green Recovery Budget, Analysts Warn
The federal government could be at risk of squandering its best opportunity at a just, green transition if a rosy February jobs report, the ... -
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Wet’suwet’en Chiefs Call for End to Canada’s Foot-Dragging on Climate
The government of Canada has been quick to hit back against fast-moving emergencies like wildfires—and against actions by Indigenous land defenders—but the country has ...
