Beugin, Shaffer – The Climate Policy Certainty Gap And How To Fill It
From: Dale Beugin and Blake Shaffer To: Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna Date: June 4, 2021 Re: The Climate Policy Certainty Gap and How to Fill It Canada now has a pan-Canadian carbon price that is due to rise to $170 per tonne by 2030. Yet some firms appear to be holding off on investing capital in expensive, long-lived, […] Dillon, Gullo – Six Principles To Help Lead Canada To A Net-zero Economy
From: John Dillon and Michael Gullo To: Canada’s Policymakers Date: May 27, 2021 Re: Six Principles to Help Lead Canada to a Net-Zero Economy Climate change represents one of the most urgent public policy challenges facing Canadians today. Fortunately, we have the expertise, the resources and the know-how to achieve the government’s goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. It […] Peter Van Dijk – Why Public Sector Entities Must Be Allowed To Include Natural Assets In Financial Statements
From: Peter van Dijk To: Canadians Concerned about Recognition of Natural Assets Date: May 20, 2021 Re: Why Public Sector Entities Must Be Allowed to Include Natural Assets in Financial Statements Canada’s wealth of natural capital – forests, wetlands, rivers, lakes and grasslands – deliver critical benefits to support our economy and our society. Despite their value, these natural […] Lawrence Herman – Line 5: A White House Missing In Action
From: Lawrence Herman To: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Date: May 18, 2021 Re: Line 5: A White House Missing in Action The battle over Enbridge Line 5 – unfolding in a Michigan courtroom – shows how declarations of friendship between Canadian and US governments are hostage to local politics. Last February, the Prime Minister and the US President […] Biden should step up for Canada on Line 5 – Globe and Mail Op-Ed
The battle over Enbridge Line 5 – unfolding in a Michigan courtroom – shows how declarations of friendship between Canadian and American governments are hostage to local politics.
This past February, the Prime Minister and the U.S. President concluded a Roadmap for a Renewed U.S.-Canada Partnership. While the Roadmap doesn’t refer to pipeline issues, in spirit and intent it should prevent actions by the state of Michigan that will seriously harm broad Canadian interests. The Line 5 dispute is of a different order than trade cases involving discrete sectors such as softwood lumber or dairy products. Much different.
Of critical importance, Line 5 is governed by a binding treaty between Canada and the United States,…
Neil Alexander – Creating A Successful Small Modular Reactor Business In Canada
From: Neil Alexander To: Canadian Nuclear Watchers Date: May 11, 2021 Re: Creating a Successful Small Modular Reactor Business in Canada Last month, Alberta signed on to the existing memorandum of understanding between Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick signalling its desire to collaborate on the deployment of Small Modular Reactors (SMR). It’s the latest step in Canada’s useful progress […] La course de fond pour le climat – La Presse Opinion
La KitKat deviendra carboneutre d’ici 2025, promet Nestlé. Mais on espère bien plus qu’une opération de marketing de la surenchère des cibles de réduction des gaz à effet de serre, à laquelle participent les gouvernements, les financiers et les entreprises, dans leur longue course pour le climat.
Au sommet que le président Biden a tenu le Jour de la Terre, il s’est engagé à réduire les émissions de GES des États-Unis de 50 à 52 % d’ici 2030. Le premier ministre Trudeau a promis une baisse allant de 40 à 45 %, le Japon, de 46 %, l’Union européenne, de 55 % et le Royaume-Uni, de 68 %.
Bien qu’impressionnants, ces chiffres ne sont pas comparables, car les années de base pour mesurer l’effort s’…
William White – Build Back Better May Not Be Sufficient
From: William White To: Canada’s Policymakers Date: April 14, 2021 Re: Build Back Better May Not Be Sufficient There seems general agreement that global policymakers must “build back better” in fostering recovery from the global pandemic. While laudable, the phrase hints at a degree of incrementalism that might be inadequate to overcome the challenges that humanity currently faces. […] John Manley on BNN – SCOC Upholds Federal Carbon Tax
John Manley, Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute, and former deputy PM and finance minister, talks about the Supreme Court’s ruling that a federal carbon price is entirely constitutional, and the friction between bulding an investment-driven recovery and enacting a tax that is paid by businesses, but only rebated to households.
Un grand pas pour la finance durable et le climat – La Presse Opinion
La création probable d’un Sustainability Standards Board (SSB) mondial fera avancer la finance durable d’un grand pas, lui permettant d’exercer une pression plus efficace sur les entreprises, afin qu’elles s’engagent elles aussi dans un plan de transition vers la carboneutralité, dans leur propre intérêt et celui de la planète.
La cible nette zéro carbone d’ici 2050 est en voie d’être adoptée par le Canada et de nombreux pays, ainsi que par un nombre grandissant d’entreprises et d’investisseurs.
Le SSB aura pour mission d’établir des normes internationales régissant la divulgation par les entreprises des informations de nature ESG, c’est-à-dire portant sur leurs actions et leurs effets sur l’environnement, mais…
Henri-paul Rousseau – Agri-food Digital Sovereignty In Canada And Quebec
From: Henri-Paul Rousseau To: Canadians Concerned about Data Ownership Date: March 3, 2021 Re: Agri-food Digital Sovereignty in Canada and Quebec The agri-food industry is going through its own digital revolution speeding the 50-year move to precision agriculture. Torrents of data now flow from all the sensors, GPS readings and laser measurement devices, mounted on equipment; […] Shaffer, Rhodes – Three Fixes For Canadian Energy Policy To Avoid Texas’ Energy Troubles
To: Canadian Electricity Consumers From: Blake Shaffer and Joshua Rhodes Re: Three Fixes for Canadian Energy Policy to Avoid Texas’ Energy Troubles Date: February 19, 2021 Texas is reeling from record cold temperatures that have pushed its electricity system to the brink, and beyond. Rotating blackouts have plunged millions of into darkness and cold as […]