Federal energy and environment officials were warned in late April that Canada's clean-tech sector was in danger as COVID-19 knocked the bottom out of the industry.
More than 200 organizations representing more than 2,000 green companies have signed onto Resilient Recovery. “Done right, stimulus and recovery efforts can achieve multiple things,” said Sarah Petrevan, a policy director at Clean Energy Canada.
“If you want to be prime minister in this country, you better take climate action,” said Merran Smith, founder and executive director of Clean Energy Canada.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he heard loud and clear the message Canadians sent in the federal election for him to be bolder about climate change action.
New research says job growth from clean energy will dramatically outpace that from fossil fuels over the next decade — as long as future Canadian governments maintain or increase attempts to fight climate change.
The organization representing professional accountants says the federal tax system is "not up to the job" of helping the country confront the climate crisis.
Canada's new rebate program to help make electric cars cheaper appears to be showing early signs of stimulating sales but mostly in the two provinces that require a minimum number of electric car sales.
In an argument put forward to scrap the clean fuel standard, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer claimed it was ‘a secret fuel tax’ that would increase the cost of gas by four cents.
Canada's clean-energy sector is growing faster than the economy as a whole and is rivalling some of the more well known industries for jobs, a new report shows.