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Canada’s Growth Challenge: Why the economy is stuck in neutral
June 4, 2024 Canada has a growth problem. The economic momentum that propelled the country through the 20th century has faded in the 21st, and appears to have worsened since the pandemic. Higher interest rates have slowed per-capita output since 2019, but the problems run deeper than that. Our economy is now smaller than it was in 2019 […]Think Small: How Canada can make small modular nuclear reactors a priority
May 14, 2024 Canada has urgent and challenging energy choices to make. We will need to rapidly scale power generation to service the needs of a growing economy, while simultaneously reducing net-carbon emissions to zero by 2050 to meet our climate targets. Given the current technological outlook, there is no single energy source that can meet those competing […]Davos 2024: A year of creative destruction, or just destruction?
January 23, 2024 The World Economic Forum is always a contradiction of hope and anxiety. This year’s version felt like peak paradox.The week-long gathering of government, business and civil society leaders, in Davos, Switzerland, was designed to focus on a global crisis of trust.John Stackhouse: Canada’s New Season Of Climate Discontent
November 10, 2023 The weather in Ottawa turned gnarly this week, as did the politics around Net Zero. Is this the winter of our climate discontent?Nation Building: Unlocking Indigenous Potential To Power Canada’s Net Zero Economy
June 29, 2023 Federal government’s 2023 budget commitments will empower Indigenous Peoples to play a vital role in helping Canada achieve its Net Zero goals.The Tide is High: Canada’s $3.5 billion Blue Carbon opportunity
June 7, 2023 Canada has the world’s longest coastline. At 243,000 km, it can circle the world nine times.From Ship to Shelf: Vancouver’s Port of the Future
May 1, 2023 The COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather events and record e-commerce demand have shone a spotlight on the world’s supply chains. The journey of how we receive “stuff” is quite complicated—and fragile. Luckily, the power of technologies such as automation, renewable energy and data are helping to both streamline and “green” Canada’s supply chains. Goods valued at […]Policy Insight: Will Budget 2023 Spark A Green Investment Wave?
April 14, 2023 Budget 2023’s new green measures are mostly about bolstering the upstream supply chain1 of 6