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Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood is a researcher at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, where he focuses on federal and provincial climate change policy in Canada.
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Spending what it takes: 2024 update
With Canada’s federal budget just one month away, a new analysis from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) and Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-Rac) finds that…
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Climate and work: What’s in store for 2024?
The following is a re-print of the January 2024 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and…
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Despite the overblown AI hype, we’re not ready for what comes next
When OpenAI’s ChatGPT was released to the public in November 2022 it sparked a frenzy of hype and panic about the capabilities of generative artificial…
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Caps and compromises collide at COP28
The following is a re-print of the December 2023 edition of Shift Storm, the CCPA’s monthly newsletter which focuses on the intersection of work and…
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CCPA’s favourite graphs of 2023
From every office – CCPA researchers picked their favourite graphs of the past year.
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Carbon pricing distracts as COP28 kicks off
Shift Storm newsletter—November 2023 edition
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What is a “sustainable job” anyway?
Shift Storm newsletter—October 2023 edition
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Beleaguered federal government unlikely to turn the page with restrained fiscal update
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland talks up housing and affordability while austerity looms
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The fight over carbon pricing is missing the point
Carbon pricing fight a dangerous distraction from real climate policy
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Budget 2024: Canada needs to go all-in on green industrial policy
Prepared remarks for Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2024 Budget
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Auto workers an unexpected ground zero for climate transition risks
Shift Storm newsletter—September 2023 edition
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What would it take to meet Canada’s 2030 climate targets?
Adapted from the CCPA’s fall 2023 submission to Canada’s Net-Zero Advisory Body by Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood & Marc Lee When Canada first signed the Paris…
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