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Build Canada Homes is poised to make a generational investment in non-market and public housing—but will it?

  • BCH’s planned 4,000 units over six sites is a good start, but falls well short of what’s needed.
Opinion | BY MARC LEE | January 28, 2026
Gregor Robertson
Gregor Robertson
Housing Minister Gregor Robertson, right. Build Canada Homes signals a move in the right direction, but is currently just a pilot program, writes Marc Lee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Build Canada Homes is poised to make a generational investment in non-market and public housing—but will it?

Opinion | BY MARC LEE | January 28, 2026
  • BCH’s planned 4,000 units over six sites is a good start, but falls well short of what’s needed.

Build Canada Homes is poised to make a generational investment in non-market and public housing—but will it?

Opinion | BY MARC LEE | January 28, 2026
  • BCH’s planned 4,000 units over six sites is a good start, but falls well short of what’s needed.
Gregor Robertson
Housing Minister Gregor Robertson, right. Build Canada Homes signals a move in the right direction, but is currently just a pilot program, writes Marc Lee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Canada must get serious about clean economy investments in upcoming budget

  • A new report recommends Canada make new climate investments of $287-billion over the next five years—equivalent to about two per cent of GDP annually.
Opinion | BY MARC LEE, CAROLINE BROUILLETTE, HADRIAN MERTINS-KIRKWOOD | February 15, 2023
Chrystia Freeland
Chrystia Freeland
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget should include investments in Indigenous-led climate solutions, a clean electricity grid, energy efficiency, transit, agriculture, and adaptation, write Marc Lee, Caroline Brouillette, and Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Canada must get serious about clean economy investments in upcoming budget

Opinion | BY MARC LEE, CAROLINE BROUILLETTE, HADRIAN MERTINS-KIRKWOOD | February 15, 2023
  • A new report recommends Canada make new climate investments of $287-billion over the next five years—equivalent to about two per cent of GDP annually.

Canada must get serious about clean economy investments in upcoming budget

Opinion | BY MARC LEE, CAROLINE BROUILLETTE, HADRIAN MERTINS-KIRKWOOD | February 15, 2023
  • A new report recommends Canada make new climate investments of $287-billion over the next five years—equivalent to about two per cent of GDP annually.
Chrystia Freeland
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget should include investments in Indigenous-led climate solutions, a clean electricity grid, energy efficiency, transit, agriculture, and adaptation, write Marc Lee, Caroline Brouillette, and Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Think system change for Canada’s low-carbon reboot

  • VANCOUVER—There is growing momentum for a low-carbon reboot of our high-carbon economy as we emerge from a pandemic-induced shutdown. Our COVID-19 experience invites us
Opinion | BY MARC LEE | June 8, 2020
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta., pictured in 2008. There is growing momentum for a low-carbon reboot of our high-carbon economy as we emerge from a pandemic-induced shutdown, writes Marc Lee. The Hill Times file photograph by Jake Wright

Think system change for Canada’s low-carbon reboot

Opinion | BY MARC LEE | June 8, 2020
  • VANCOUVER—There is growing momentum for a low-carbon reboot of our high-carbon economy as we emerge from a pandemic-induced shutdown. Our COVID-19 experience invites us

Think system change for Canada’s low-carbon reboot

Opinion | BY MARC LEE | June 8, 2020
  • VANCOUVER—There is growing momentum for a low-carbon reboot of our high-carbon economy as we emerge from a pandemic-induced shutdown. Our COVID-19 experience invites us
The oilsands in Fort McMurray, Alta., pictured in 2008. There is growing momentum for a low-carbon reboot of our high-carbon economy as we emerge from a pandemic-induced shutdown, writes Marc Lee. The Hill Times file photograph by Jake Wright

Can Canada break its fossil fuel addiction?

  • Canada has an uneasy history when it comes to fossil fuels and climate change. Our leaders have been great at setting far-off targets for
Opinion | BY MARC LEE | June 5, 2019
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa May 2. We need to be mindful of the regional nature of resource employment, and Alberta is already leading the way with a strategy and programs for workers affected by the province’s phase-out of coal-fired electricity, writes Marc Lee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Can Canada break its fossil fuel addiction?

Opinion | BY MARC LEE | June 5, 2019
  • Canada has an uneasy history when it comes to fossil fuels and climate change. Our leaders have been great at setting far-off targets for

Can Canada break its fossil fuel addiction?

Opinion | BY MARC LEE | June 5, 2019
  • Canada has an uneasy history when it comes to fossil fuels and climate change. Our leaders have been great at setting far-off targets for
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa May 2. We need to be mindful of the regional nature of resource employment, and Alberta is already leading the way with a strategy and programs for workers affected by the province’s phase-out of coal-fired electricity, writes Marc Lee. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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