Report calls for Canada to compete in clean technology sector as U.S. retreats

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Report calls for Canada to compete in clean technology sector as U.S. retreats

The Commission on Carbon Competitiveness report says Canada needs to be more focused in its industrial policy.

Amid the suddenly all-encompassing push to build massive new infrastructure projects, largely around resource extraction, Prime Minister Mark Carney is being served a reminder that Canada also has a prime opportunity to capitalize on the United States’ retreat from commercializing technologies of the future.

The Commission on Carbon Competitiveness (C3) – a coalition of prominent policy experts and advocates focused on low-carbon economic growth – is set to release a report Thursday that, drawing off a collection of past domestic and international examples, lays out a detailed proposal fo