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Bridge to the Future

In its final report, the independent Task Force for a Resilient Recovery calls for 5 bold moves, supported by $55.4 billion in investments, to kickstart Canada’s long-term economic recovery from COVID-19.


Bridge to the Future: 5 Bold Moves for a Resilient Recovery

In its final report, the Task Force for a Resilient Recovery calls for 5 bold moves to kickstart Canada’s long-term economic recovery from COVID-19.


Making a green recovery inclusive for all Canadians

Canadians want a green and inclusive recovery. Here's how to advance both.


Guest Blog: Unique recovery opportunities for Canada

It is our hope that this input helps identify ways to strengthen the upcoming final recommendations report for the Task Force, and provides additional policy details for the Bold Moves for Recovery that Canada may undertake to build back better.


Look Before You Leap: Three Governance Challenges for Taxpayer-Funded Cleanup of Oil and Gas Wells

Policymakers across North America are seeing the potential of a federal well cleanup effort—though some surmountable roadblocks lie ahead.


David Hughes

Special Advisor and Senior Fellow


Green Skills and Climate Policy: Evidence from British Columbia’s Carbon Tax

Estimating the demand for occupations with higher green skill requirements following the introduction of a carbon tax in BC.


Green Stimulus: Balancing Immediate Assistance, Future Resilience, and a Just Transition

Green stimulus is most effective in areas where workers have the skills necessary to work in green jobs. Using recently released data from the Labour Force Survey, this post explores implications for the Canadian labour market.


The Resilient Recovery Framework

SPI submitted the Resilient Recovery Framework to the Task Force for a Resilient Recovery on May 19. It proposes assessing government recovery measures against nine criteria.


New Research Funded in Special COVID Call for Proposals

Announcing four newly-funded research projects focusing on climate and environmental policy in the context of COVID-19 and economic recovery.


Guest Blog: Public investments in a green recovery from COVID-19: What steps can Canada take?

In a world reeling from the COVID-19 impact on health and economy, smart public stimulus is a powerful tool to both avoid the more searing effects of recession and effect a structural change towards a low-carbon economy.


Municipal Natural Assets Initiative | Results from the Second National Cohort

The Cohort 2 project refined the municipal natural asset methodology that was piloted in Cohort 1, and added additional practical examples to the evidence base for municipal natural asset management.


Call for Fulbright Visiting Research Chairs 2021-2022

Apply now to our call for two Fulbright visiting research chairs, in Environment & Economy and Environmental Policy at the University of Ottawa. The deadline to apply is September 15th, 2020.


It’s Well Past Time to Modernize Alberta’s Clean Up Rules for Oil and Gas

Despite various legislative and economic recovery initiatives, the current Alberta provincial government has yet to really acknowledge – let alone meaningfully respond to – the growing public liabilities that continue to be generated by the oil and gas sector.


5 Bold Moves for a Resilient Recovery

The preliminary report from the Task Force for a Resilient Recovery identifies 5 bold moves to get Canadians back to work while building the clean, prosperous & resilient future we want.


Kenneth Richards

Professor at the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University


Guest Blog: What role can green investments play in a pandemic-related recovery?

New analysis from David Popp et al looking at the effects of green stimulus shows green investments can help “reshape” the economy and are important for Canada to maintain its commitment to a net-zero carbon economy by 2050.


Alice Irene Whittaker talks circular economy with CBC News Network

SPI’s Alice Irene Whittaker spoke with CBC News Network for a segment on building a more circular economy in Canada.


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