What Mark Carney Told The World In Davos This Week
Mark Carney lit up the stage at Davos this week with a clear eyed vision of what the world and Canada will need in a post-US era.
Mark Carney
Affordable Homes, New Jobs, Lower Carbon: Inside the Carney Housing Plan
Canada has been facing a housing affordability crisis for years, and it has only become more acute. Population growth, immigration, and urban concentration have run headlong into a construction industry that has not kept pace. Annual completions of 240,000 to 270,000 units fall well short of the 500,000 required to … [continued]
Canada’s $456B Megaprojects List: Building The Past Or Electrifying The Future?
Canada is preparing to spend potentially half a trillion dollars on major infrastructure projects that will shape the economy and society for decades. The list spans ports, high speed rail, hydroelectricity, nuclear, mining, oil and gas, carbon capture, offshore wind, and transmission. On paper it looks like a bold nation … [continued]
From Sawmill To Module: How Canada Can Scale A Low-Carbon Timber Value Chain
Canada’s opportunity in mass timber is not just about building more mills or adding capacity here and there. It is about creating an integrated value chain that runs from forests to finished housing modules. That means linking sawmills, energy systems, adhesives, logistics, and modular factories into a coherent industrial strategy. … [continued]
How Carney’s Housing Initiative Can Industrialize Canada’s Mass Timber Sector
Canada’s housing crisis is no longer a problem measured in headlines or political talking points. It is a structural failure that has been building for decades, leaving affordability out of reach for millions of Canadians. At the same time, the country has committed to steep climate targets, and the construction … [continued]
Time For Canada To Dump The Big Three & Go Electric With China
Mark Carney, Canada’s freshly minted Prime Minister, faces an early test of leadership courtesy of the country’s automotive old guard. Ford, GM, and Stellantis have banded together to ask his government to scrap Canada’s zero-emission vehicle mandate, pleading poverty and technological impossibility. Apparently, after a mere century of automotive innovation, … [continued]
Carney’s Challenge: Steering Canada through Housing, Climate, and Trump’s Trade Storm
On election night, Mark Carney stepped onto the stage with a blend of cautious optimism and measured pragmatism. As Canada’s new Prime Minister, the former Bank of Canada governor, UN climate envoy, and Brookfield executive and director offered a reassuring message to a nation facing multiple crises—economic, geopolitical, climatic, and … [continued]
Banks Rush To Embrace Fossil Fuel Financing
Fossil fuel financing is increasing in the wake of the latest US election, but the Earth continues to overheat anyway.
