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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1.  Can Canada's conservatives get serious about climate change?
Conservatives in Canada have had a mixed relationship with climate change. How can they re-claim the climate issue? Can they win on climate change? And what does an ambitious but conservative climate agenda look like?

• [min 2: 30]  Mitch Davidson – Executive Director, Strategy Corp Institute of Public Policy and Economics
• [min 6:55]  Ken Boessenkool – Professor, Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University
• [min 11:47]  Melissa Lantsman – Vice President, Enterprise Canada

2.  Adventures in eliminating subsidies for the fossil fuel sector
In 2009, Canada joined its G20 peers in committing to eliminate subsidies for the fossil fuel sector. A new report scores Canada's performance.

• [min 17:10]  Vanessa Corkal – Policy Analyst, International Institute for Sustainable Development 

3.  60-Second Report: "Reassessment of Need for the Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project"

• [min 21:17]  J David Hughes – Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

4.  “Five Other Things Happening in the Clean Economy This Week”

• [min. 23:18]  Mike Moffatt - Senior Director, Smart Prosperity Institute

1. Overhaul in Canada's auto sector.  A pair of bombshell announcements mean that Canada is on its way to becoming a major zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) maker. But how does an entire industry go through that kind of transition?
   • [min 2: 50] Charlotte Yates – President and Vice-chancellor, University of Guelph
   • [min 7:51] Jerry Dias – National President, Unifor
2. Barriers to the Indigenous Economy. With the confrontation over Mi'kmaq (Sipekne’katik) lobster fishing rights as a backdrop, the President & CEO of the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business talks about barriers to Indigenous businesses and communities in getting a piece of the economy.
   • [min 13:55] Tabatha Bull – President & CEO, Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business
3.  “60-Second Report”: Building a Greener Recovery – Lessons from the Great Recession 
   • [min 19:55] Edward Barbier – University Distinguished Professor, Department of Economics and Senior Scholar, School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University
4. “Five Other Things Happening in the Clean Economy This Week”
   • [min. 21:53] Mike Moffatt - Smart Prosperity Institute

HOST: Eric Campbell
WEB: podcast.smartprosperity.ca 

In this inaugural episode:

1. The Government of Canada commits to going above and beyond its 2030 emissions targets. But can it be done?
   • Catherine Abreu: min 2:24
   • Kathy Bardswick: min 7:53
2. Three lawyers arguing for a carbon price in the Supreme Court give us a glimpse behind the scenes.
   • Sharlene Telles-Langdon: min 13:06
   • Stewart Elgie: min 16:00
   • Nathalie Chalifour: min 18:31
3. 60-Second Report: Final Report of the Task Force for a Resilient Recovery
4. Five Other Things Happening in the Clean Economy Right Now
   • With Mike Moffatt