As Parliament returns, protecting Canadians and our economy from climate change must be a top priority

The Canadian Climate Institute calls for urgent federal action to address climate threats to health, security, and economic competitiveness. The organization proposes six policy priorities: modernizing industrial carbon pricing, enacting the Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit, maintaining the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard, finalizing oil and gas methane regulations, establishing a climate investment taxonomy, and applying resilience criteria for federally supported housing.

• Climate change is actively threatening the safety and health of Canadians by increasing the frequency and severity of drought, fire, extreme heat, and poor air quality, with impacts extending to regions like Atlantic Canada that were not previously known for wildfire activity.
• The Canadian Climate Institute identifies six urgent policy priorities to bolster Canada's economic security and low-carbon competitiveness: modernizing industrial carbon pricing, enacting the Clean Electricity Investment Tax Credit, maintaining the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard, finalizing oil and gas methane regulations, creating a climate investment taxonomy, and implementing flood and fire resilience criteria for federally supported housing.
• The document argues that the U.S. economy is becoming less competitive by moving away from affordable clean technologies while other major global economies are increasing their efforts toward decarbonization.

APA

Smith, R., & Sr., P. N. (2025). As Parliament returns, protecting Canadians and our economy from climate change must be a top priority. Canadian Climate Institute. https://climateinstitute.ca/news/as-parliament-returns-protecting-canadians-and-our-economy-from-climate-change-must-be-a-top-priority/

Chicago

Smith, Rick, and Peter Nicholson Sr. As Parliament returns, protecting Canadians and our economy from climate change must be a top priority. Canadian Climate Institute, 2025. https://climateinstitute.ca/news/as-parliament-returns-protecting-canadians-and-our-economy-from-climate-change-must-be-a-top-priority/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{smith2025parliament, author = {Smith, Rick and Sr., Peter Nicholson}, title = {{As Parliament returns, protecting Canadians and our economy from climate change must be a top priority}}, publisher = {Canadian Climate Institute}, year = {2025}, month = sep, url = {https://climateinstitute.ca/news/as-parliament-returns-protecting-canadians-and-our-economy-from-climate-change-must-be-a-top-priority/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }