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Moving Toward Canada’s “Green” Economy: Investing in Public Transit and Intercity Rail

Posted: Monday, 3 October 2011

Executive Summary The transportation sector in Canada is responsible for 27% of Canada’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Just over half of the energy used in this sector is specifically dedicated to transporting people. If Canada is to make the much-need… Read More

Carbon Leakage: What is it? Policy Options for Preventing It

Posted: Wednesday, 27 October 2010

Carbon leakage occurs when there is an increase in greenhouse gas emissions in one country as a result of an emissions reduction by a second country with a strict climate policy. When a company is facing increased costs in one country due to emissions prici… Read More

Moving to a Green Economy with Good Jobs: Investment in Transit and Passenger Rail

Posted: Monday, 1 February 2010

A major medium- to long-term government investment in public transit would make a significant contribution to reduction of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions, and would also create literally tens of thousands of new jobs. Such an investment would also more… Read More

Dispatches from Copenhagen - Labour movement pushes just transition in climate agreement

Posted: Friday, 18 December 2009

As we begin the final hours of COP 15 in Copenhagen, our goal as an international trade union movement is to ensure that social and economic concerns are included in what had once been solely an environmental discussion. In simple terms, we want a fair, amb… Read More

Green, Decent and Public

Posted: Saturday, 12 December 2009

Abstract Canada and the world must address the climate crisis – the most urgent issue of our time. There is a desperate need to stop the average global temperature from rising any more than 2°C. We are also faced with a serious global economic crisis th… Read More

Dispatches from Copenhagen

Posted: Thursday, 10 December 2009

Day 1: Canadian Labour Congress Leads Strong Labour Delegation to COP 15 The Canadian Labour Congress is leading a delegation of trade unions at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen. The CLC’s delegation is at COP15 to pre… Read More

Federal Budget, January 27, 2009 - Environmental Assessment

Posted: Wednesday, 11 March 2009

The Harper government has failed Canadians on environmental issues. For Canada to even come close achieving our fair share of global greenhouse gas emissions reductions, boost our economy and create jobs; we needed large scale investments in mass transit, p… Read More

Climate Change and Green Jobs: Labour’s Challenges and Opportunities

Posted: Thursday, 5 June 2008

Labour’s Urgent Need to Address the Climate Crisis Canada and the world must address the climate crisis, the most pressing issue of our times. Policies are needed that will be quickly implemented to achieve significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissio… Read More

Report of the CLC Task Force on Power Generation

Posted: Tuesday, 27 March 2007

At the June 2005 CLC Convention, delegates passed a resolution calling on the Congress to establish a task force on power generation to develop a comprehensive policy on the role of coal-generated and nuclear power in Canada's energy future. The Task Force… Read More

Canadian Labour Congress Policy on Energy

Posted: Saturday, 1 November 2003

Executive Summary The key goals of a national energy policy should be: to secure stable, long-term energy supplies for Canadians at reasonable prices; to build a much more energy efficient economy and society so as to deal with global warming and air pollu… Read More

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