The bathtub is overflowing: why Canada’s climate strategy needs to pull the plug
We cannot meet our climate goals without removing the legacy carbon pollution that has accumulated since the Industrial Revolution.
‘Once you get a carveout from one province, it’s game over’: Ottawa-Alberta MOU draws advocates with economic and environment concerns
On the federal lobbyists’ registry, groups that lobbied on the Ottawa-Alberta MOU include the CCLC, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, and Pathways Alliance, a consortium of Canada’s largest oilsands producers, including Cenovus Energy, Imperial Oil and Suncor Energy.
Pipelines or a national power grid: what should Canada build now?
Canada is a laggard in the international race towards the energy of the future.
The EV revolution: baby steps and tinkering won’t get us to the podium
Until Elon Musk presents Donald Trump with an all-electric, gilt-coloured Trumpmobile, our auto sector remains at the mercy of a grumpy old man’s prejudices and his fondness for supportive oil billionaires.
Climate change should be the big story of 2026
Fossil-fuel production and use must be reduced by half by 2030. And with fear and fatigue—and in an increasingly insecure world—nobody even wants to think about this sword over our heads, and what we owe our future generations. Economic actors were already backing away before Donald Trump’s corrupt negligence.
The real rupture we face: what Carney’s next speech needs to say
A recent report from the United Kingdom warns that ‘critical ecosystems are at risk of collapsing,’ and if ‘current rates of biodiversity loss continue, every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse.’
How the pursuit of innovation and sustainability can supercharge the Canadian economy
It’s time to move beyond sector- or technology-specific solutions. Creating the right business conditions for the adoption of sustainable practices across all sectors will unleash a new era of Canadian economic dynamism.
Canada’s largest pension manager ‘backsliding’ on climate, risks being unable to pay out pensions: report
Last year, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board invested $7.1-billion in new fossil fuel assets and ‘quietly removed’ its public net-zero commitment, which Senator Rosa Galvez says means ‘Canadian pensions are gambling with the retirement of millions of Canadians.’
Build more homes—but don’t lock Canada into higher emissions
The choices Canada makes now will shape both its housing market and its emissions profile for a generation.
Priorities for Canada as 2026 gets underway
This government would flunk any test for transparency. Why are new programs, such as Build Canada Homes, the Major Projects Office and the Defence procurement office being established as ‘special operating agencies’ under the Treasury Board’s cloak of confidentiality?
