Canada Growth Fund skeptics wary of exemption from typical oversight requirement

The $15-billion fund will be the Liberals’ latest attempt to use public money to entice pension funds and private capital to invest in the government’s priorities.
Should we let the H2O flow?

In the event a future American government comes with the request to ‘share the water, please, we’re neighbours,’ Canada needs a coherent and well-thought-out strategy. Being taken by surprise is not acceptable.
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.
Decarbonized aircraft by 2035: a viable joint ambition

We must accelerate the pace. It is essential that public institutions and the private sector work together towards the same goals in an even more sustained way and with precise objectives.
Time to get to work on Canada’s commitments to protect nature

Will the deal to preserve nature outlined at the United Nations biodiversity conference be remembered as a point of catalyst or collapse?
A recommended approach to biodiversity conservation

Ecological ‘purists’ recoil at the thought of active management via human intervention. The problem with the purist approach is that most regions on Earth are affected/managed by people.
Now is the time to act for Canada to help protect the world’s oceans

The fifth International Marine Protected Areas Conference in Vancouver is the chance to chart a course towards a world where we are not just neighbours, but also caretakers of our ocean ecosystems.
Federal building emissions-reduction effort hit COVID snag: report

A geo-exchange field is being installed under the Parliament Welcome Centre as part of PSPC’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions in the Parliamentary Precinct, drilling for which begins this month.
Project Arrow and the switch to electric vehicles: a Q&A with Flavio Volpe

The head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association weighs in on the switch to zero-emission vehicles.
Keep your hands off our Greenbelt, Mr. Ford, writes Toronto reader Tom McElroy

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the federal government should “butt” out on his plans to develop the Ontario Greenbelt. His pre-election promise in 2018 was not to touch the Greenbelt. He gained a massive majority after the 2022 election, never telling the public what he intended to do. (On April 30, 2018, he promised to […]