It’s time to stop stalling and advance the Climate Aligned Finance Act

Bill S-243 is a gold-standard piece of legislation that would align Canada’s financial system with our climate change commitments, writes Amr Addas.

ISG Senator Rosa Galvez introduced Bill S-243, the Climate Aligned Finance Act, in March 2022, but it has been stalled at second reading for over a year.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY AMR ADDAS

May 3, 2023

With countries around the world—including Canada—racing to compete in a decarbonizing global economy, governments are committing billions of dollars towards encouraging the production of clean energy, and the manufacturing of clean technologies. But success ultimately hi...

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