Amid the suddenly all-encompassing push to build massive new infrastructure projects, largely around resource extraction, Prime Minister Mark Carney is being served a reminder that Canada also has a prime opportunity to capitalize on the United States’ retreat from commercializing technologies of the future.
The Commission on Carbon Competitiveness (C3) – a coalition of prominent policy experts and advocates focused on low-carbon economic growth – is set to release a report Thursday that, drawing off a collection of past domestic and international examples, lays out a detailed proposal for how Ottawa should select and then strategize around a few sectors where Canada has potential to build competitive advantage.
The report, titled The Right Move at the Right Time: A New Canadian Industrial Strategy, is primarily inclined toward clean technologies. C3’s members hail largely from climate-oriented think tanks such as the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the Transition Accelerator, the Canadian Climate Institute …