4-minute read
How Government Can Often Make The Environment Worse
Reducing needless risks surrounding innovation in environmental matters should lead to more innovation.
4-minute read
Al Gore’s Predictions Of Doom Scramble His Message
Al Gore's predictions of impending disaster.
3-minute read
Le Fonds vert doit disparaître
Cost versus effectiveness of Quebec's Green Fund.
5-minute read
La boîte de Pandore de l’acceptabilité sociale
The lack of a clear, agreed-upon definition of social licence is a threat.
4-minute read
Ontario trumps Quebec in race for wasteful electric-car subsidies
Ontario has just designed and implemented a wasteful electric-vehicle subsidy policy.
4-minute read
How to make NAFTA great again
Two examples of measures that would be beneficial to consumers and producers on both sides of the border.
5-minute read
La boîte de Pandore de l’acceptabilité sociale
The lack of a clear, agreed-upon definition of social licence is a threat.
4-minute read
Licence to kill
The lack of a clear, agreed-upon definition of social licence is a threat.
15-minute read
The Three Pitfalls of Social Licence
The criterion of social licence is a part of every debate surrounding economic development projects, especially when these include impacts on local communities or on the environment. And yet, this new concept is poorly understood, and mentioned nowhere in the law. Certain controversial projects, like pipelines or uranium mines, illustrate the potential pitfalls of social licence and remind us that the demands of some players frequently go beyond this framework.
4-minute read
Right-sizing corporate social responsibility
The concepts of corporate social responsibility and sustainability.