Power for the Public with Edgardo Sepulveda
Regulatory economist and consultant Edgardo Sepulveda joins the Perspectives Journal Podcast to explain what it will take to bring power back into the public interest in Alberta.
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Is Market-based Climate Action Working for Canadians? with Brendan Haley
Broadbent Fellow Brendan Haley shows why social democrats need to platform their own climate policy alternatives to market solutions.
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Is Canada Falling Behind on Green Industrial Policy? with Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
Why is Canada lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to industrial policy, and how can industrial strategy help Canada take serious climate action?
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A Common Platform for a Green Industrial Transformation
Across Canada, public investments totalling $188 billion over five years in these key priorities are urgently needed to drive a prosperous green transformation.
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Green Industrial Policy in Canada
Deconstructing ‘Green Industrial Policy’ and what it means for economic transformation in Canada based on justice and equality.
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La réaction canadienne à la loi américaine sur la réduction de l’inflation (Inflation Reduction Act) mettra-t-elle en évidence l’absence de politique industrielle verte du Canada?
La politique industrielle devrait être conçue de manière à favoriser l’atteinte des objectifs sociétaux pertinents du Canada et non de manière défensive face aux événements qui se déroulent aux États-Unis.
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Will the Response to the US Inflation Reduction Act Reveal Canada’s Lack of Green Industrial Policy?
Steering markets towards achieving societally relevant goals is the reason to have an industrial policy in the first place. While policymakers must monitor international changes and adapt accordingly, an effective green industrial policy must be more than a short-term response to American policy actions.
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Does “green capitalism” set the right price on planetary survival?
Why are mainstream economists so keen on costing out the value of nature, climate-induced disasters, and planetary survival? These are central questions Adrienne Buller asks in a well-argued and highly relevant critique of “green capitalism” and its attempts at putting a price on planetary survival.
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Two new reports you should read on Just Transition
While droughts and high temperatures grab headlines, truly implementing FPIC should not be seen as a roadblock to climate action, but instead be seen as an integral part to build trust and smooth relations to reduce transaction costs for a Just Transition.
