Canadian Securities Administrators prepare report on climate disclosure as advocates push for new reporting requirements for businesses
The national body of securities regulators is releasing a much-anticipated report next month on companies disclosing the financial risk they face from climate change, as calls grow from industry and advocates for more fulsome accounting on how firms are preparing to weather the material impacts from changing global climes and efforts from governments to reduce […]
National action urgently needed to save sharks from shark finning
Shark finning is the brutal and ecologically devastating practice of cutting fins off a shark and throwing the animal back into the ocean to die slowly. Canada prohibits this practice but continues to import products of shark finning. In fact, Canada is the largest importer of shark fins outside Asia. Sharks are integral to the […]
On climate change and disclosure, Canadian businesses must embrace the inevitable
Last month, the federal government released its draft legislation to institute a minimum price on carbon. Starting in 2019, businesses in every province will have to pay for the carbon they emit into the atmosphere, whether it’s through a provincial system or a federal “backstop.” This is a clear signal that carbon pricing is here […]
Liberals under pressure from all sides to give Davie shipyard work, keep Quebec City seats in 2019
Quebec Parliamentarians of all stripes are pressuring the Liberal government to stem job losses by giving more work to the Davie shipyard near Quebec City, a potential battleground in the 2019 election. Opposition MPs say the Liberals should give more contracts to Chantier Davie Canada because it has a proven track record and the ships […]
Innovation, collaboration, inclusive workforces driving forces behind Canada’s largest value-added energy supercluster
Collaboration and innovation are key to succeeding in an increasingly competitive global market. This ethos was at the core of a decision taken by four Alberta municipalities in 1998 to join together and form Alberta’s Industrial Heartland Association; a non-profit association with the goal of attracting worldwide investment to this resource-rich region and to create […]
Global Affairs’ secret weapon is eyeing a move into Canada
Look out, MPs: a Washington digital lobbying service has its eyes on you. The company, FiscalNote, is compiling information on Canadian legislators, laws, and regulations at the federal and provincial level, adding them to a database in the hopes of selling clients on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. It pitches itself as a tool […]
Disputed new federal printer-buying system to be in place by summer: Shared Services
A disputed new Shared Services Canada procurement program reducing the number of eligible suppliers for printers and printing services to federal departments should be in operation by the summer, according to the department. Critics say the new procurement process will completely shut out small- and medium-sized suppliers. Twenty-nine suppliers of printers, photocopiers, and related services started […]
Foreign Minister Freeland hires (another) Rhodes Scholar as policy aide
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland recently hired former University of Oxford Rhodes Scholar Joseph Singh to serve as a new policy adviser in her ministerial office. Mr. Singh officially started on the job on Feb. 26, and fills a gap left by former policy adviser Omer Aziz, who ended his time in the minister’s office […]
Printer suppliers protest Shared Services’ new procurement plan
A new Shared Services Canada procurement program consolidating the number of pre-approved suppliers for printers and printing services will completely shut out small- and medium-sized suppliers, leaving a handful of deep-pocketed multinationals competing for $60- to $100-million worth of contracts each year from the federal government, say members of a coalition formed in opposition to the […]
Ports and airports anxiously awaiting trade corridors announcement, as 2018 construction projects put on pause
With only a few months away from the summer construction season, money from a multi-billion-dollar fund to improve trade corridors hasn’t flowed out the door yet, say industry groups representing applicants for federal grants to improve their ports, airports, and roads. The National Trade Corridors Fund (NTCF) is a $2-billion chunk of a total of […]
