Ottawa has been the latest to jump on the ESG bandwagon, committing in its latest budget to mandatory reporting of climate-related financial risk across a wide range of Canadian industries.

Imagine a referee who, during a Leafs game, took a player aside to explain how to put the puck in the net. This is what Ottawa is trying to do with Bill C-26 in the field of digital security.

Imaginez un arbitre qui, lors d’un match du Canadien, va voir un joueur pour lui expliquer comment envoyer la rondelle au filet. C’est ce qu’Ottawa tente de faire avec le projet de loi C-26 dans le domaine de la sécurité numérique.

Mieux comprendre l’histoire ne nous donne pas de marche à suivre pour l’avenir. Cela nous indique par contre que le mythe national entourant Hydro-Québec n’est pas aussi noir ou blanc qu’on aime le croire.

By capping our oil and gas sector’s emissions, Ottawa risks killing the golden goose while getting nothing in return.

Ottawa’s oil and gas emissions cap proposal amounts to nothing more than political greenwashing, where we get to feel like we did something, but we really just paid through the nose for something with little to no positive effect.

The Trudeau government has plans to impose a tax on digital services. The case for the targeted tax is weak. The consequences could be significant.

Given the choice, people prefer to live out their days in their homes, among their loved ones. We have the means to respect those preferences.

Souhaitez-vous réellement qu’une augmentation annuelle de 11,4 pour cent de votre facture d’épicerie devienne la nouvelle norme? C’est pour éviter cela que la banque centrale doit essayer de rattraper son retard.

Behind the high-minded slogans about “fair shares” and “making multinationals pay” hide two other facts: that it is once again, as always, taxpayers who will foot the bill, and that the hoped-for benefits will likely not materialize.