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A message from Executive Director Mike Wilson on COVID-19

We see an important role for Smart Prosperity Institute in the months ahead to provide analysis and insights on how Canada’s economic recovery from COVID-19 can be consistent with its goals of a cleaner, more resilient economy.


Video | Bet #4: Invest in a Skilled Workforce for Growing Sectors

This webinar shows how Budget 2020 can create jobs in growing sectors and ensure Canadians have the skills to benefit from a cleaner economy


Webinar | Bet #4: Invest in a Skilled Workforce for Growing Sectors

Join SPI for a series of webinars on four good bets for how Budget 2020 can launch us in the right direction.


Video | Bet #3: Harness the Potential of 2 Billion Trees

This webinar shows how Budget 2020 can help ensure that planting 2 billion trees effectively contributes to Canada’s net zero goals.


Webinar | Bet #3: Harness the Potential of 2 Billion Trees

Join SPI for a series of webinars on four good bets for how Budget 2020 can launch us in the right direction.


Four reasons why cheap gas prices will not stall the electric vehicle market

Here are four key reasons why lower gas prices will not stop Canadians from buying an EV.


Video | Bet #2: Introduce New Tax Incentives for Clean Innovation

This webinar shows how new tax incentives for clean innovation can represent an enormous market opportunity. See how Budget 2020 can launch us in the right direction.


Webinar | Bet #2: Introduce New Tax Incentives for Clean Innovation

Join SPI for a series of webinars on four good bets for how Budget 2020 can launch us in the right direction.


Bet #2 for Budget 2020: Introduce New Tax Incentives for Clean Innovation

The federal government has a significant number of tax tools they can use to assist businesses and investors with the development and adoption of clean technology.


Video | Bet #1: Unlock barriers to private investment in low-carbon solutions

This webinar shows that investments could flow towards low-carbon technologies and infrastructure at almost double today’s levels.


Webinar | Bet #1: Unlock barriers to private investment in low-carbon solutions

Join SPI for a series of webinars on four good bets for how Budget 2020 can launch us in the right direction.


Strategies and Policies for Integrating the Canadian Financial Sector into Financing the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy

The objective of the project is to develop policies to incentivize the Canadian financial sector to invest in the transition to a low-carbon economy in Canada


Bet #1 for Budget 2020 : Unlock barriers to private investment in low-carbon solutions

The federal government has a massive opportunity to accelerate the development and adoption of low-carbon technologies in 2020. Here’s how they could do it...


Student Blog: Regulatory flexibility – the case of Wisconsin’s Green Tier Program

It is not trivial to achieve the best balance between minimizing regulatory burden and maintaining the stringency of environmental policies. One example of an initiative aimed at navigating the balance is Wisconsin’s Green Tier program.


Dr. Colleen Kaiser

Director, Policy and Research


Four Good Bets for Budget 2020

Join SPI for a series of webinars on four good bets for how Budget 2020 can launch us in the right direction.


Student Blog: Manufacturing Output and Extreme Temperature - Evidence from Canada

There is a growing body of recent work that links economic activity to temperature and weather. This research uses the estimated relationship between temperature and economic output to develop predictions about the impact of future climate change on the manufacturing sector.


Canada is on track to achieve a national GHG target. No, really.

The latest GHG projection from Environment and Climate Change Canada shows Canada is on track to meet or exceed the target of 90% non-emitting electricity generation by 2030.


Video | Nature-Based Solutions: Policy Options for Climate & Biodiversity

This webinar explores nature-based solutions to fight climate change risks, building off of the findings from SPI’s newest report


Webinar | Nature-Based Solutions: Policy Options for Climate & Biodiversity

This webinar will explore nature-based solutions to fight climate change risks, building off of the findings from SPI’s newest report


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