By Bryan Roh Update 1: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that Bill C-59 was currently undergoing second reading in the Senate. That error has now been corrected. Update 2: Some text has been changed to better reflect the authorities of the CSE under Bill C-59. On June 20th, 2017, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-59, an ambitious piece of national security legislation that proposes to dramatically overhaul the…
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An Evening with the Honourable Gordon Campbell: Carbon Taxing and the Challenges Facing Innovation in Canada
by Bryan Roh Innovation. It is a word that has been consistently appearing in almost every federal science policy document in Canada since the 1980s. Today, the Trudeau government continues the tradition of championing innovation by interweaving this term with its climate action goals as it attempts to sell the idea of a new federal…