It’s time for the oil and gas industry to pay for climate pollution
The federal government should include a windfall tax when it delivers its budget today and use those funds to increase government climate action.
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Trudeau announces billions to boost Canada's AI capacity
The Liberal government is setting aside $2.4 billion in the upcoming budget to build capacity in artificial intelligence, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Sunday.
Will this federal budget address millennial and gen-X angst?
A federal budget that addresses young Canadians’ affordability challenges will likely have to focus on additional pocketbook issues, such as transit and post-secondary education.
Fiscal update more than a missed opportunity for climate action
We need significantly more money now and into the future to shift the economy away from the production and consumption of fossil fuels.
Nearly half the Canada Growth Fund will lock in carbon price contract guarantees
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland used her fall economic update Tuesday to confirm that the fund – which she launched a year ago in the 2022 fall economic statement – would be the principal vehicle to deliver carbon contracts for difference.
A fossil fuel free clean electricity grid could be the best thing in Canada for our health
If ambitious regulations are put in place, a net-zero electricity grid will be within reach by 2035, with massive benefits for human health.
Another battery plant for Canada, this one in Maple Ridge, B.C.
A billion-dollar battery cell production plant in Maple Ridge, B.C., will produce up to 135 million batteries each year as part of Canada's push toward clean technology, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2023, during a stop in Metro Vancouver.
Trudeau to host top EU officials in Newfoundland and green tech will likely be discussed
Trudeau's office noted that the meeting takes place at one of the ports closest to Europe at a time when both sides of the Atlantic are expanding trade in clean technology.
Canada must move faster than the rest of the world on renewable energy: Wilkinson
Canada needs to move faster on renewable energy as a new international energy outlook forecasts demand for all fossil fuels will peak in seven years, Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said on Wednesday, October 25, 2023.
Provinces may have to sign on to Ottawa's 2035 clean power target to access funding
The federal government is considering restricting billions of dollars in tax credits and grants for electricity projects to provinces that commit to the 2035 target for an emissions-free electricity grid.
Doug Ford’s gas-fired power plan defies climate targets
Ontario must transition to clean energy now, but the premier is moving in the opposite direction.
Budget 2023 tells corporate Canada to take the wheel on climate action
While the private sector certainly has a role to play, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's 2023 budget should not be leaving vital clean-tech investments up to chance.
Grocery money, clean tech tax breaks expected in budget today
A second top-up to GST rebate cheques for low-income Canadians and "significant" new tax measures to keep Canada in the green technology game will be among the highlights in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's federal budget on Tuesday.
Clean electricity grid, tax credits will feature high in federal budget
Canada's push for a zero-emission electricity grid will get a significant funding boost in the federal budget on March 28, 2023, including with new tax credits expected to encourage the development of renewable power sources like wind and solar.
Poilievre makes a pitch for spending cap, tax cuts in next federal budget
The coming federal budget should lower taxes, cap spending and make it easier to build new houses, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on Sunday, March 12, 2023, as he pinned blame for current economic woes on the Liberals.