Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
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About Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood is a senior researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.
Runaway global heating will further increase our cost of living
There are steps Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland can take in next month’s budget to address immediate affordability concerns while also setting the economy on a path toward lower emissions.
Heat to soar, pipelines to roar in 2024
As Canadians struggle with a weak economy, it's important to fight back against a fossil fuel industry and its allies trying to undermine meaningful climate action.
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.
We need to flip the script on carbon pricing
A political consensus is emerging that climate policy is not compatible with a fair and prosperous economy, which puts Canada’s broader efforts to tackle the climate crisis at grave risk.
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.
Whither the NDP-Liberal agreement?
This month’s budget could spell the end of such big-picture thinking that drove spending in the early stages of the pandemic.
Canada needs an ambitious, inclusive Just Transition Act
The government says it will focus on building a clean economy in its 2021 budget. Establishing a just transition framework to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 is long overdue, writes Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood, a senior researcher with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.