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Budget 2021 falls short on transformational climate action
Given the existential threat posed by climate change, leading climate experts argue that we should be spending 1-2% of GDP—that’s $20-40 billion per year—to aggressively decarbonize. Budget 2021 falls short.
Budget 2021 analysis: Does it deliver?
Federal Budget 2021 was expected to deliver between $70-100B in COVID-19 recovery funds. Does it deliver and will funds be allocated in meaningful ways? Our experts weigh in.
Budget Watch 2021: Climate action more necessary than ever
Chump change won’t cut it here. The federal government should be spending upwards of $40 billion per year to accelerate our transition to a net zero carbon economy.
Will the green economy of the future work for everyone?
Ensuring a just transition towards a green recovery and a net-zero economy will require more ambitious federal action than is currently on the table.
Federal net-zero legislation is much ado about nothing
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Fighting with one hand tied behind their back: Renewing SaskPower for a Renewable Regina (and a Sustainable Saskatchewan)
One of the key pillars for cities attempting to achieve 100 percent renewability is perhaps obvious—renewable power.
Teck decision opens the door to renewed conversation about transition
The decision by Vancouver-based Teck Resources, announced on Sunday, to withdraw its application for the Frontier oil sands mine was both unexpected and foreseeable.
Tax cuts won’t fix the affordability problem. Here are ten things that could.
Investment Annual cost Expand affordable child care $3 Billion Increase health care funding to keep pace with rising provincial health care costs $1.98 Billion Ensure…
Budget 2019 fiddles while climate crisis looms
Climate action under the current federal government has followed a now-familiar pattern: identify the need for real change, commit to taking ambitious action, and then propose modest…
Final report of the Just Transition Task Force raises questions for Budget 2019
The much-anticipated final report of Canada’s Just Transition Task Force was released on Monday. The task force was announced in late 2017 and spent the past year studying…
Who deserves a just transition?
Source: Making decarbonization work for workers (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) Who deserves a Just Transition to a cleaner economy? Coal miners, of course! Maybe steel workers,…
What the Just? Transitioning to a low carbon, good jobs economy
For most working people, environmental concerns have historically been a bit like Harvey Dent—two faced. One face says that poisoned water supplies and changing weather…
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