No space in Canada’s energy policy for methane gas
Contrary to oil and gas sector positioning, methane gas is not a benign ‘bridge’ fuel to transition from polluting fossil fuels to clean renewables.
Central bank’s digital dollar needs to skirt the line between fiscal control and financial surveillance: researcher
Carleton crypto-researcher and PhD candidate James Patriquin says there are legitimate concerns regarding the increased possibilities for surveillance and government control over Canadians’ financial lives.
Canada needs to rein in its financial sector to avert total climate breakdown
Federal regulations should require financial institutions to develop, implement, and report on credible climate plans that protect consumers and investors from greenwashing.
We say Canada is open for business, but the reality is that our country is for sale
The Trudeau government is pushing for a branch-plant economy with key business decisions for our economic future made elsewhere, while the wealth generated from these activities in Canada flows out of the country.
Creating a sustainable future: Canadian colleges rising to Freeland’s challenge
If we don’t have the workers trained in necessary jobs in emerging sectors of the economy, Canada will be left behind.
Right to repair provisions must take the automotive sector into account
Automakers will continue to control the terms through which independent auto repair shops access necessary data unless there is an intervention by the federal government.
It’s time to stop stalling and advance the Climate Aligned Finance Act
Bill S-243 is a gold-standard piece of legislation that would align Canada’s financial system with our climate change commitments, writes Amr Addas.
Canada’s over-dependence on foreign investment is a problem
Ownership does matter. If so many of our corporate head offices are in other countries, then that’s where Canada’s economic future will be decided. We’ll be a branch-plant economy, creating future wealth for foreign corporations.
Critics of basic income ignore benefits of investing in struggling Canadians, ‘astronomical’ cost of poverty, argues Senator Pate
ISG Senator Kim Pate’s Bill S-233, the National Framework for a Guaranteed Livable Basic Income Act, passed second reading in the Red Chamber on April 18.
Measuring, disclosing Canada’s tax gap key to combatting evasion
Bill S-258 would amend the Canada Revenue Agency Act to require the CRA to report on all convictions for tax evasion, including a separate report listing all convictions for overseas tax evasion, in an annual report tabled in Parliament.
