Squaring the carbon circle

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Both advanced and emerging markets are moving inexorably towards a low-carbon future. Yet Canada has no coherent strategy to reduce carbon consumption.

It is time for a change.

Canada urgently needs a meaningful national carbon strategy that will reduce our emissions and provide the certainty that businesses and individuals require for effective future planning.

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Events

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March 19, 2012

The Canada We Want in 2020: Squaring the Carbon Circle

Speakers: Alex Wood, Ian Mallory, Joe Aldy, Lorraine Mitchelmore, Stewart Elgie

Canada 2020 Craig Alexander, Senior VP & Chief Economist, TD Bank Financial GroupDerek Burney, OC, LLD, Senior Strategic Advisor, Norton Rose LLPHon. John Manley, PC, President & CEO, Canadian Council of Chief ExecutivesJayson Myers, President & CEO, Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters
June 22, 2011

PowerTalk Symposium

Speakers: Derek Burney, Hon. John Manley, Jayson Myers, Pierre Guimond

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July 13, 2008

Lunch with noted economist Tom Courchene

Speakers: Avrim Lazar, The Hon. Anne McLellan

Featured Links

May 14, 2012

National leaders unanimous in their inaction on climate change

Andrew Coyne writes that every party agrees there’s a problem on climate change, but no party is doing anything about…

May 9, 2012

Federal leadership required on emissions reduction

Bud Sambasivam looks beyond provincial efforts to reduce carbon.

May 7, 2012

The US clean tech boom is faltering

Most technologies still rely on subsidy: but subsidies are being withdrawn. This new report analyses what needs to happen to…

April 2, 2012

The problems created by Canada’s fragmented electricity market

Not only is this economically highly inefficient, it is also environmentally problematic argues Barrie McKenna, citing a new study.

March 28, 2012

New EPA regulations in the US provide a boost to natural gas

By enforcing lower caps on CO2 emissions, the EPA is driving the electricity sector towards natural gas.

March 16, 2012

OECD Environmental Outlook: the consequences of inaction

The OECD predicts temperatures will rise by 3-6C by 2050 if we continue on our current path. Effective action would…

March 8, 2012

Oil companies and green groups both in favour of a carbon tax

Unlikely allies come together to call for an economy wide price on carbon.

March 5, 2012

Graham Fox argues for a pan-Canadian approach to energy

Reconciling the interests of the various provinces will not be easy, but it is important.

July 15, 2011

Podesta urges Ontario not to scrap renewable energy policy

John Podesta, a Canada 2020 speaker, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress and former White House Chief of Staff…

July 12, 2011

G&M Editorial: To get to a national energy plan, co-operate first

The Globe and Mail’s Editorial Board picks up on the Canadian Council of Chief Executives’ (CCCE) paper calling for a national energy strategy. Attendees at…

July 12, 2011

TD’s Craig Alexander: Canadians must stop taking electricity for granted

Craig Alexander, senior vice-president and chief economist at Toronto-Dominion Bank, one of the panellists at Canada 2020′s recent PowerTalk Symposium, penned…

July 11, 2011

Shawn McCarthy: National energy strategy gains clout

McCarthy reports that “The Harper government has endorsed the need for a national energy strategy in the face of growing…

June 2, 2011

Jim Prentice Speech: Free Markets, Energy and the Environment

The Honourable Jim Prentice, PC, QC, Vice Chairman, CIBC, delivered an address to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on May 11,…

May 24, 2011

Yedlin: Canada needs to live up to energy superpower label

Calgary Herald columnist Deborah Yedlin on  why Canada needs to live up to energy superpower label.

April 14, 2011

DONOHUE & BEATTY: Stronger Canada-US oil ties are a win-win

Further to David Goldwyn keynote at the Canada 2020 Speakers Series event of April 6, Thomas Donohue (president and CEO of the US…

March 17, 2011

G&M’s Eric Reguly: Move over nuclear, it’s time to (natural) gas up

The Globe and Mail’s Eric Reguly argues that “Nuclear’s loss not a worry; the new world power is gas“.

October 28, 2010

Canada: Energy Superpower – Policy Midget

Canada 2020 Co-Founders Tim Barber and Eugene Lang have an op-ed in today’s Ottawa Citizen: “Energy superpower — policy midget“.…

July 5, 2010

Hirsch: Quest for truth in the oil sands

Great article by Todd Hirsch in today’s Globe, in search for “truth in the oil sands.”

July 10, 2009

Telecommuning as Mass Transit

New Geography examines how telecommuting and telework can be looked at through a transportation policy and mass transit lens.

July 2, 2009

Canada Scores Last in WWF Climate Report Card

Canada scores last and is trending worse on the World Wildlife Foundation’s Climate Report Card. “Nowhere else on Earth do…

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