Canada's Clean Economy

VOLTstack mobile generators are silent, emission-free and poised to disrupt more than one industry.

Budget cuts by the Ontario government may bring an end to the use of legal aid support to help vulnerable people fight the global climate change emergency. Doug Ford's government triggered the cuts in its first provincial budget last April as it slashed funding to Legal Aid Ontario by 30 per cent.

Canada has become the first country to sign on to the Drive to Zero Pledge, an international initiative aimed at increasing the number of zero and low emission vehicles in the medium- and heavy-duty transportation sector.

The ministry and Forests Ontario are now in consultation about how to shut the 50 Million Tree Program down with minimal disruption. The agency is a week away from starting tree-planting for the spring season. Commitments have been made to landowners by conservation authorities, stewardships, First Nations, municipalities and forestry consultants.