Montreal, June 10th, 2020 - A Léger poll, conducted from May 29th to June 2nd [1] and commissioned by the Communauté de pratique sur la communication climatique au Québec [2], shows that Quebecers prioritize social and environmental issues in the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and want the government to do the same or more to fight climate change. The survey also shows that Quebec's consensus in favour of fighting climate change and protecting the environment remains stron

08 JUNE 2020 Bill 61 on economic recovery: more than 100 environmental and advocacy organizations, unions, social and citizen movements, businesses, environmental and land use planning professionals, financial, academic, educational, health, and outdoor stakeholders are calling on the Government of Québec to invest in the workforce rather than relax environmental requirements. Québec, June 8th, 2020 - Bill 61 aimed at stimulating Québec's economy, introduced on June 3rd by th

Montréal, June 3rd, 2020 - The Sortons la Caisse du carbone coalition, which is calling for the complete withdrawal of the Caisse du dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)'s investments in fossil fuels, salutes the second year of significant progress noted in the CDPQ's 2019 Stewardship Investing Report. For the coalition, the 2019 results show that the Caisse must both set more ambitious climate objectives that respect climate science and be consistent and stop investing in fos

By Sofia Vedechkina Climate Reality Canada recently sat down with Canadian Climate Reality Leader Dan Vivian, who joined The Climate Reality Project in 2018, having been trained in Mexico City that same year. Dan is an engineer who specializes in energy conservation in buildings, and is the owner of The Building Science Trust Inc. , which focuses on creating tailored plans to move buildings to net-zero energy consumption. Confident that we can move away from fossil fuels for

July 4, 2018 - The following members of Canada’s Clean50 are alarmed about the recent debate surrounding carbon pricing in Ontario, and the announced cancellation of the Cap-and-Trade program now in effect. While the Clean50 understands that the new government wishes to deliver on a campaign promise, The Clean50 asks that they consider doing so in a more measured fashion that will not be so costly to Ontario taxpayers. Ontario committed to the Cap and Trade program with Calif