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Protesters gather for an anti-climate change rally on Parliament Hill on Sept. 27, 2019. The CIB and other federal vehicles financing the recovery must adopt a rigorous and practical climate test which minimally includes the requirement to have a plan to reach net-zero emissions by latest 2050, writes Sen. Rosa Galvez.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR ROSA GALVEZ

October 21, 2020

Earlier this month, it was announced that $10-billion of the Canada Infrastructure Bank’s (CIB) $35-billion budget would be assigned to create jobs and grow the economy. The six featured measures include $2-billion set aside to invest in large-scale building retrofits to increase energy efficiency...

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