Category: Canada
Nation-Building or Asset Stranding: What Canada’s Latest Megaprojects Tell Us
Canada’s second tranche of Major Projects Office investments arrives with a familiar mixture of ambition and contradiction. Ottawa has presented it as another step in a nation-building program that spans critical minerals, northern electrification, reconciliation, and export capacity. On the surface that sounds like a strategy that lines up with … [continued]
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Jacobsen: What the loss of ‘measles-free’ status says about Canada
The loss of measles elimination status in Canada is a symptom of a declining trust in public messaging about science and health
A Second Golden Spike for an Electrified Canada: Using Carney’s Budget to Link the Provinces
Mark Carney’s first budget as Finance Minister quietly provided Canada with the ingredients for something the country has lacked for a century: a truly national electricity backbone. The Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit, a 15% refundable credit on new generation, storage, and the transmission of electricity between provinces and territories, … [continued]
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Canadian Ports Can Use The 2025 Federal Budget To Win Trade & Cut Diesel
The 2025 Canadian federal budget did not attract much attention for its treatment of ports or trade infrastructure, but buried inside it is a signal that matters for Canada’s competitiveness. The new Trade Diversification Corridors Fund commits $5 billion over seven years to investments in port, rail, airport, and digital … [continued]
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Canada’s New Budget Has Billions in Fossil Subsidies Disguised As Climate Action
Mark Carney’s first federal budget arrived with the promise of discipline and credibility, but also a signal that Canada would stay in the clean economy race. The climate provisions were not new programs so much as extensions of what already existed. They provided more time for industry to commit to … [continued]
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