While Canada has tabled a variety of clean economy policies to support industry since 2016, the latest proposals represent a step toward a true industrial strategy.

A working paper we recently released with the Transition Accelerator compared low-carbon subsidies in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act with incentives on offer in Canada. For blue hydrogen production, which uses natural gas as a raw material and captures

The American Inflation Reduction Act has opened big gaps between the incentives for low-carbon investment in Canada and the U.S., threatening our ability to compete in a world that is on a turbo-charged path to net-zero emissions.

“The U.S. is offering very clear incentives that are available to everyone,” Michael Bernstein, executive director of Clean Prosperity, a climate policy think-tank, said in an interview. “If Canada is only putting in place a tailored approach for a

Many believe the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has given the United States an insurmountable advantage over Canada attracting projects related to CCUS, hydrogen, and battery manufacturing, among other sectors.

Michael Bernstein, executive director of Clean Prosperity, an independent think tank, looked more closely on what lies ahead for Canada as it seeks to reduce emissions. With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. is plowing money into the e

Clean Prosperity and Transition Accelerator, a think-tank, and “do-tank” respectively, concluded in a report published this month that Canada is at risk of missing out on green investment if its incentive programs continue to lag behind those of the U.S.

A key to comparisons made by the report’s authors – Clean Prosperity’s Michael Bernstein and Bentley Allan, an industrial policy expert at Johns Hopkins University – is a fundamental difference between the types of financial incentives the country