Citing modelling conducted for Clean Energy Canada by Navius Research, the associations say the country’s clean energy sector is already on track to create 559,400 jobs by 2030, with employment growing at four times the national average between 2020 and 2030.
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Coronavirus: Canada lost 1 million jobs in March
Canada’s March labour market report, the first since the country started feeling a significant impact from the coronavirus pandemic, shows the economy shed more than one million jobs last month, Statistics Canada said on Thursday.
Data shows the country’s employment plunged by 1,011,000, or 5.3 per cent.
Nearly 1M Canadians applied for emergency COVID-19 benefits on Day 1 | CBC News
Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough’s office says
996,000 new claims were filed for the Canada emergency response benefit
(CERB) on Monday, which offers people about $2,000 a month for up to 16
weeks.
Algoma Steel, the second-largest steel plant in Canada, has stood there since 1902. It belches fumes every day of the year, including Christmas, and has a special exemption from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks allowing it to emit benzene and benzo(a)pyrene, both cancer-causing pollutants, well above provincial health standards.
First Nations leaders came forward to say they weren’t consulted. More than 50 doctors signed an open letter opposing the facility and a Facebook group called “No Ferrochrome Plant” sprung up, attracting 4,600 members.
When Andrew heard his co-workers had been exposed to hydrogen cyanide, he felt frustrated and upset. “It’s like we are the guinea pigs for companies’ profits,” he says.
Why Alberta’s devotion to oil is making tech companies want to leave the province | CBC News
The deep devotion to the oil and gas sector is why some technology companies in the province are now looking to relocate elsewhere.
“It’s frustrating as hell,” said Trent Johnsen, who has been involved in Alberta’s tech sector for about 30 years, including as the founder of Hookflash Inc. and president of Shift Networks Inc. He has also been involved with Innovate Calgary and the Creative Destruction Lab, and currently, he’s the founder and chief executive of Liveweb.io, which provides live video messaging services for companies to interact on their web sites with customers.
“We’re betting exclusively on oil and gas,” he said. “What is Alberta doing to become a successful player in the 21st century of the new economy?”