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Policy Platform 2021
Key Policy Recommendations
At a glance: Reduce risk, level the playing field, and increase Canada’s global competitiveness.
The Canada Cleantech Alliance has identified 3 high-priority policy recommendations that will contribute to making Canada a frontrunner in the race against climate change, and the best place on earth to develop clean technology. We ask that they be considered in the federal election platforms of our national political parties:
1. Reduce risk by including Crown corporations in the Greening Government Strategy.
Government procurement helps minimize the risk of investment in cleantech by reducing financial exposure of private-sector purchasers. Including Crown corporations to the Greening Government Strategy will add their significant purchasing power and create opportunities to pilot cleantech in a Canadian market. A “buy-Canadian” stipulation will help support a wide-range of domestic cleantech companies. Through this policy, the government can encourage growth in the domestic cleantech sector.
2. Level the playing field with our competitors.
The world’s major economies have passed massive green stimulus packages that benefit their cleantech ventures and are aimed at attracting cleantech ventures to locate where the business climate is friendliest. To keep cleantech companies, jobs, and economic benefits in Canada we can:
- Implement a 30% refundable capital investment tax credit for any significant low carbon or clean technology
- Broaden the scope of the Canadian Renewable Conservation Expense (CRCE) to include all significant clean technologies
3. Position Canada as a cleantech leader and go-to exporter of low-carbon commodities and products
Increase the global competitiveness of Canada’s export industries (automotive, natural resources, agriculture, etc.) by reducing their carbon footprint through the adoption of Canadian made cleantech solutions across the value chain. This can position Canada as the go-to exporter for low-carbon commodities and products. The following three ideas will start us on that path:
- Identify and support Canadian clean technologies that are important to help manufacturers lower carbon emissions. This would enable clean technology companies grow their market share, but also help decarbonize Canada’s top exporters, helping them reduce their carbon footprint and fight climate change both at home and abroad.
- Extend the Canadian Infrastructure Bank’s mandate to administer an encompassing Loan Guarantee Program (LGP), that includes loan guarantees for cleantech projects abroad. We recommend that such a Loan Guarantee Program includes flexible, customized financing according to the borrowers’ needs. Projects should be supported by a team of experienced financial, technical, legal, risk mitigation, portfolio management, and environmental professionals.
List of Supporters
Matt Schaubroeck, CEO, ioAirFlow Incorporated
Martin Vroegh, President, Standard Hydrogen Canada Inc.
Michael Zambakkides, EVP, Z3 Controls Inc
Mark Herbert Kirby, President & CEO, Canadian Hydrogen And Fuel Cell Association, CFHCA
Erick Girouard, President/Owner, Emcara Gas Development Inc.
Richard Corley, Partner, Goodmans LLP
Ibraheem Khan, CEO, Smarter Alloys
Robert Napoli, CFO, Cascadia Seaweed Corp.
Saul Muskin, Associate, MKB
Graham Zell, Operations Engineer, Sea to Sky Energy Solutions
Gavin A Pitchford, Delta Management Group
Nicholas Burgwin, Co-Founder, Fibos Inc.
Gavin A Pitchford, Executive Director, Canada’s Clean50
Andrew Lee, President, Innovia GEO Corp.
Paul Mertes, President & CEO, CircuitMeter Inc.
Pierre Martin, Senior Director, Green Hydrogen, Innergex Renewables Inc
Miriam Tuerk, Co Founder & CEO, Clear Blue Technologies Inc.
Jacques Charbin, President, TBL Communications
Ivette Vera-Perez, National Team Lead, Account Management , Mitacs
Ali Katal, COO, Planete GreenLeaves
Nino Di Cara, President, Electric Autonomy Canada
Mike Warren, Dir. Business Development (Mining), EnviroLeach Technologies Inc.
Sonia Motisca, Cleantech Marketing Coordinator, Alacrity Canada
Jeanette Jackson, CEO, Foresight Canada
Jason Switzer, VP Growth & Capital, Foresight Canada
Heather Campbell, Executive Director, Clean Technology, Alberta Innovates
Anne Toner Fung, CEO, Innovation Guelph
Peter McArthur, Chair, Ontario Clean Technology Industry Association (OCTIA)
Denis Leclerc, President, Écotech Québec
Stewart Elgie, Chair, Smart Prosperity Institute
John Kozak, Vice President, Solar Flow-Through Funds
Andrée-Lise Méthot, Founder & Managing Partner, Cycle Capital
Patrick Gagné, President and CEO, Cycle Momentum
Christian Carrier, VP, Technology and Innovation, Carbonaxion Bioénergies Inc.
Darren Anderson, CEO, Vive Crop Protection
Derek Earl, Founder and Chair, BizforClimate
Rob McMonagle, Senior Advisor, Green Industries Economic Development, City of Toronto
Bryan Watson, Managing Director, CleanTech North
Nkemdirim, Environment & Clean Technologies Specialist, Refic Environment Communications Inc.
C. Howie Honeyman, CEO, Forward Water Technologies
Terry Mocherniak, Managing Director, Apex Capital Advisors Inc.
Hui Huang Hoe, Executive Director, elerGreen Industry
Shirley Segev, CEO, Greenmark
Rick Findlay, CEO, LINCit
Melissa Felder, Principal, Consultant
Merran Smith, Executive Director, Clean Energy Canada
Justin Rangooni, Executive Director, Energy Storage Canada
Andrew Pasternak, Executive Director, GreenCentre Canada
Michael Schwanzer, Founder / CEO, ZEITDICE INC.
Barnabe Geis, Executive Director, Climate Ventures
Dave Taillefer, President, Icona Inc.
Mohit Bhatt, Co-Founder, Accurate Energy Solutions Inc.
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