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Pilot projects are a smart place to put stimulus dollars

The federal government should put money behind piloting promising solutions that offer tangible benefits, de-risk future investment and create new markets for jobs for unemployed and underemployed young people.


Not Your Typical Recession: Analysis of the April Labour Force Survey

Today’s release of the April Labour Force Survey data confirms that this economic downturn is unlike anything we have ever seen before in Canada. As such, it will require a new way of thinking and a new set of tools to combat the recession.


Kayla Young

EEPRN Student Researcher, 2019-2020


3 Ingredients for Smart Stimulus

We are about to make a once-in-a-generation investment in rebuilding Canada’s economy. Using this tool, we can help make sure those stimulus dollars are used to make smart investments in Canada’s present and future.


Special Research Funding Opportunity

Climate and Environmental Policy in the context of COVID-19


Guest Blog: How COVID-19 is impacting the plastics recycling industry

Before COVID-19 hit the world, things were really starting to look up for the plastics recycling industry. How can it regain its investment traction in the face of economic recession?


Webinar | Climate and COVID-19: How do we make progress on climate policy today?

SPI’s Stewart Elgie will participate in a virtual town hall to address what COVID-19 means for climate change policies.


Ayushi Shah

SPI Research Fellow, 2019-2020


Natalie Sutt-Wiebe

SPI Research Fellow, 2019-2020


Andrew Linton

SPI Research Fellow, 2019-2020


Guest Blog: The Technique Effect and Canada's Manufacturing Clean-Up

What is causing Canadian industries to become cleaner? Evidence suggests it’s climate policy.


Stewart Elgie talks smart stimulus on CBC Radio’s All in a Day

SPI’s Stewart Elgie spoke with CBC Radio for a segment on building a smart, green economic recovery for Canada post-pandemic


Catherine Christoffersen

SPI Research Fellow, 2019-2020


Mackenzie Finkbeiner

SPI Research Fellow, 2019-2020


Ryan Cooke

SPI Research Fellow, 2019-2020


Genevieve Donin

SPI Research Fellow, 2019-2020


Beverley Hinterhoeller

SPI Research Fellow, 2019-2020


We still need 2020 to be the year of nature, perhaps more than ever

Instead of bouncing back, let’s bounce forward to a future in which we value and invest in the environment, benefitting nature and people.


8 conditions Canada should attach to upcoming oil and gas bail-outs

If additional federal aid is given, it should come with strings attached that help Canada’s oil and gas sector become more resilient to price shocks and to support its transition to a low-carbon economy.


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