Will Dubitsky

Ivry-sur-le-Lac, Quebec

About Will Dubitsky

Will Dubitsky formerly worked on environmental policy, legislation, programs and projects with the Government of Canada. Since retiring in 2012, he has been researching and writing on the transition to a clean economy.

10 Articles

Global clean tech opportunities abound, just not in Canada

There are many Canadian clean tech manufacturing and innovation firms, but they have not got the government support they need to achieve stock market status, nor have they acquired private financing of the order of magnitude potential witnessed elsewhere.

Canada's Clean Economy

Canada should invest in electric vehicle transition post COVID-19

With all fossil fuel sectors in decline, what better time for the federal government to develop an electric vehicle national strategy?

Coronavirus in Canada

Newfoundland offshore drilling: a case of bending environmental impact rules

Environmental impact assessment of offshore oil-and-gas drilling on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland is being eclipsed by COVID-19 and pipelines

Race Against Climate Change

Canada falling short in fossil fuel divestment

While governments around the world are part of the growing fossil fuel divestment momentum Canadian financial institutions and governments are still betting on fossil fuels.

EVs are proliferating globally, but the U.S. Big 3 are idle

Ford, GM and Fiat Chrysler need to make up for lost time to compete with foreign counterparts on electric-vehicles.

Want to invest in Canada's clean economy? Good luck

Should a Canadian citizen want to make investments which exclude the fossil fuel sector or divest from fossil fuels, and is inclined to give priority for Canadian companies, they appear to be out of luck.

LNG: another Canadian casualty of the fossil fuel era's global decline

The country is choosing to ignore the signs of a global evolution to a green economy at its own peril.

Quebec Premier François Legault speaks to media in Montreal on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. Photo by Josie Desmarais

The Legault government is dividing Quebec: Excluding Montreal and Millennials

For the first time in the history of Quebec, the provincial government has no senior ministers and only two elected representatives from the island of Montreal. Will Dubitsky examines divisions emerging over proposals by the Coalition Avenir Québec government, notably a law banning certain public officials from wearing religious symbols.

Shell aims to lead Big Oil in pivot to clean energy

While getting Big Oil to pivot to clean energy may seem far-fetched, some fossil fuel giants are starting to get serious about reducing their carbon footprint and diversifying towards clean technologies. Shell is one notable example of the widening fault lines among Big Oil.

Stalled: why North America lags as China and Europe lead the way on electric vehicles

China already offers a wide selection of EVs and sales are already booming, the European migration to EVs is imminent while North American governments and automakers are lagging behind, with modest exceptions in some progressive U.S. states and Québec and BC.