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Canada can’t afford to fall behind in climate-proofing infrastructure

Preparing for rising heat and heavy rainfall could save governments up to $9 billion in infrastructure costs each year.

  • Ryan Ness
  • Peter Weltman
03.06.26
Toronto, Canada - November 11, 2014: A view of traffic on the Gardiner Express at rush hour. Many vehicles can be seen in the image.
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The next big climate policy moment: unveiling of federal vehicle regulations

A closer look at why Canada’s imminent vehicle emissions standards will make or break the Carney government’s climate credibility and what’s at stake for Canada’s economic future in a rapidly electrifying world.

  • Rick Smith
29.05.26
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Alberta-Ottawa agreement both improves and hobbles Canada’s most important climate policy

A new federal-provincial agreement improves industrial carbon pricing in design but not in ambition — and the low price floors it establishes risk pulling down climate policy across the country.

  • Dale Beugin
  • Dave Sawyer
  • Rick Smith
21.05.26
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Canada’s AI and electricity strategies can—and should—be mutually reinforcing

With the right policies, data centres could help build the bigger, cleaner grid Canada needs for net zero; with the wrong ones, they’ll drive up rates and entrench emissions.

  • Dale Beugin
  • Kate Harland
21.05.26
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