Canadians support the environmentally positive potential of the country’s mining sector. According to the Mining Association of Canada, governments need to catch up with this public sentiment.
Organization: Mining Association of Canada
Canada needs a climate strategy that leverages wealth of hydrocarbons to transition to low-carbon energy systems
Canada needs to broaden its climate strategy and streamline energy decision making, to leverage the nation’s wealth of hydrocarbons to help transition to low-carbon energy systems, Eric Newell, Chancellor Emeritus at the University of Alberta and former CEO at Syncrude Canada, and Perry Kinkaide of Kinkaide Enterprises, say in an op-ed.
New advanced research agency high on federal innovation minister’s lengthy to do list
Innovation, Science and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne is facing a very busy year, with a mandate letter from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that includes more than 30 assigned tasks. They include establishing a new advanced research projects agency, launching a Canadian critical minerals strategy and a national quantum strategy and creating a global centre of excellence for eliminating methane gas emissions.
Government and industry push to make Canada preferred supplier in critical minerals market dominated by China
China currently dominates the global market for rare earth materials. Establishing a domestic rare earths industry in Canada will take a focused industrial strategy, more government support and greater private investment, say industry executives and academic and government researchers.
The Short Report – April 28, 2021: COVID-19 data portal goes live, Protein Industries Canada launches new phase of plant-based food plan, Carleton funding bolsters ecosystem conservation, and more
Genome Canada’s portal for tracking variants of concern across Canada is up and running; a Carleton biology team gets support for bolstering ecosystem conservation; Protein Industries Canada starts the second phase of plans to boost plant-based foods, feed and ingredients; a briefing from the Royal Society of Canada calls on federal leadership to stabilize the postsecondary sector; and more.
Mining innovation ecosystem needs dedicated federal funding to thrive, innovation groups say
Canada’s regionally diverse mining innovation groups are stepping up efforts to collaborate on and better coordinate industry-led innovation. But the push to “de-fragment” the country’s mining innovation ecosystem needs dedicated federal funding, the groups say.
Feds announce $155 million to help natural resources sector address climate change
The federal government has announced a $155-million program to help the natural resources sectors address climate change by developing and deploying clean technologies that will lower their notoriously high greenhouse gas emissions. The funding under the new Clean Growth Program (CGP) is aimed at the energy, mining and forestry sectors for pre-commercial projects between technology readiness levels 3 to 9.
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