Canadian Climate Groups Urge ‘Green Strings’ on Recovery Funding – The Energy Mix
As Finance Minister Bill Morneau
prepares to release a fiscal update today, Canada’s leading
environmental organizations are calling for “green strings” on Ottawa’s
COVID-19 recovery funding package.
prepares to release a fiscal update today, Canada’s leading
environmental organizations are calling for “green strings” on Ottawa’s
COVID-19 recovery funding package.
They say the government must limit
its financial support to companies that adopt a 2050 net-zero deadline,
ensure that funding pays for “jobs and stability, not executives and
shareholders”, and support a just transition that prepares workers for
green jobs.