On the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, energy transition is clearly ramping up, but political polarization in Canada is creating conditions that threaten to impede progress.
Neglecting evidence that green subsidies generate jobs and investments, detractors of the recent Stellantis deal seem driven more by an ideological conviction than rigorous cost-benefit analysis, writes researcher Gideon Salutin.
Stellantis and LG Energy Solution announced on Wednesday, July 5, 2023, that their electric vehicle battery plant in Windsor, Ont., is back on track after reaching a "binding" financing deal with the governments of Canada and Ontario.
Canada has no hope of reaching its 2050 climate goals unless it can find a way to speed up the approvals process for major projects in this country, a new report states.
The financial support Canada is offering for the clean energy transition is competitive with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) south of the border, a new report from TD Economics says.
Ottawa is threatening a tit-for-tat with Washington over green tax credits and government procurement policies that risk freezing out Canadian businesses.
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.