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REPORT HIGHLIGHTS Canada can only achieve its climate commitments if finance flows out of climate-damaging investments and into solutions. The federal government should adopt a package of policies that align…
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Climate change
About the Backgrounder: Co-written by Julie Segal at Environmental Defence, Alan Andrews and Tanya Jemec at EcoJustice and, Adam Scott at Shift:Action, this backgrounder serves as a high level executive summary of our Roadmap to a Sustainable Finance Report set to launch in October 2022. The report offers recommendations for the key financial policies needed...
Toxics
Dollar store products, including headphones and children’s toys, contain toxic levels of heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and antimony. Our report reveals up to 30 per cent of products tested at Dollar Tree and Dollarama contain heavy metals such as lead and other toxic chemicals such as phthalates, bisphenols and PFAS or “forever chemicals.”
Climate change
Every year, Canada’s federal government gives billions in direct subsidies, tax breaks and government-backed financial support to the fossil fuel industry. This year, in addition to our annual report, we are tracking these in real-time.
Climate change
About The Report: While the provincial government has, on occasion, spoken about the need to fight climate change, it has offered inadequate solutions that it has failed to support with evidence, followed by little action to actually tackle the province’s greenhouse gas emissions – Canada’s second highest. Over the course of the last four years,...
Climate change
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS In 2020, the total tailings area was over 300 km² , which would cover the city of Vancouver over 2.6 times. The tailings “ponds” store acutely toxic chemicals, including high concentrations of dangerous naphthenic acids, and are known to leak and evaporate their content into the surrounding environment. Contrary to the oil industry’s...
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