Nov 25: Canada’s new climate target, the Biden Agenda & Quebec’s reputation on the line

Smart Prosperity: The Podcast

1. Canada's new climate target [min 1:14]
Last week the Trudeau government tabled new climate legislation that promises to reach net-zero climate emissions by the year 2050. What’s different about this target?

• Sara Hastings-Simon – Senior Researcher at the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines & Research Fellow at the University of Calgary
  

2. Can Joe Biden stop climate change? [min 6:00]
It's being called the most ambitious climate agenda ever. It's worth $1.7 trillion and it was a centrepiece of Joe Biden's election campaign. Here’s a Coles Notes of what’s in it.

• Dan Woynillowicz – Principal, Polaris Strategy + Insights
  

3. Can Quebec remain Canada’s greenest province? [min 15:30]
Quebec’s reputation was on the line last week when Francois Legault released his government’s first climate plan. Is the plan up to snuff?

• Colleen Thorpe – Executive Director, Equiterre

4. 60-Second Report: "2020 Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard" [min 20:30]

• Brendan Haley – Efficiency Canada

5. “Five Other Things Happening in the Clean Economy This Week” [min 22:20]

• Mike Moffatt – Senior Director, Smart Prosperity Institute

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