Beyond consultations: strategic collaboration is driving the decarbonization of Canada’s heavy-duty transport sector

Not only does it make business sense to collaborate, but competitors in the commercial transport value chain have shown that it is entirely possible to do so.

In May 2019, then-environment minister Catherine McKenna announced that Canada had become the first national signatory to the Drive to Zero Pledge. Since then, more than 30 countries have committed to achieving 100 per cent zero-emission new truck and bus sales by 2040.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KAREN HAMBERG

February 26, 2024

In 2019, Canada was the first national signatory to the Global Drive to Zero, a program of clean transportation accelerator CALSTART, and an official campaign of the Clean Energy Ministerial. Since that time, more than 30 countries includ...

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