Old habits are hard to break. Addictions are the toughest of all. So, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled to Houston in March 2017 and declared fealty to a...
A “logging loophole” is jeopardizing Canada’s global climate commitments, allowing the logging industry to escape scrutiny and regulation for impact on the climate-critical boreal forest. The boreal forest is...
Despite the headlines about high deficits because of the cost of COVID-19 programs, governments must avoid the knee-jerk reaction of drastically cutting spending right now. While deficits can be...
The world looks very different today than it did a few months ago, when the British Columbia government was in the midst of a review to modernize land use...
British Columbia’s Premier John Horgan and Finance Minister Carole James announced an outreach plan in mid-June asking BC residents to help determine how to spend $1.5 billion in funds...
En tant que commissaire au développement durable, j’ai publié en juin 2020 un rapport d’audit sur l’écofiscalité, l’écoconditionnalité et l’écoresponsabilité pour une économie verte et responsable. Je présente ici...
The acute financial impact of COVID-19 has raised fears of a slowdown in the pace of the movement to persuade companies to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors...
Over 600 people from across the country gathered (online) in May for a panel discussion about the soon to be created Canada Water Agency. After mandating its formation last...
While the government has begun to consult broadly about the conditions needed to reopen the economy post-pandemic, it needs to think and plan with two other longer-term economic trends...
Nous sommes à un carrefour important : peut-on saisir l’occasion d’une relance économique pour accélérer la transition écologique ? Pour compenser les pertes économiques colossales dues à la crise de COVID-19,...
