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EU green recovery package sets a marker for the world amp.theguardian.com/environment/20…
What would this look like if Canada adopted the same scale of ambition & investment?
A thread (converting Euro to & scaling to GDP)… 1/
#ResilientRecovery #cdnpoli #shovelworthy
$10-13 billion to boost electric vehicle sales and a doubling of investment in charging networks

$15 billion/year in grants and guarantees for renovations such as rooftop solar panels, insulation and renewable heating systems - including plans to offer green mortgages
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$1.6 billion in loans to leverage finance for 15 gigawatts of new renewable energy projects over the next 2 years

$200 million to finance hydrogen infrastructure

$5 billion for the development of green hydrogen

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What makes a stimulus investment “shovel worthy”? We @cleanenergycan laid out some criteria:
How many jobs are created/$ invested? Are they secure jobs in sunrise industries w post-stimulus opps? 1/
cleanenergycanada.org/canada-can-tak… @AaronWherry #cdnpoli #ResilientRecovery #shovelworthy
@cleanenergycan @AaronWherry Would the investment capitalize on or spur Canadian innovation that might give us a competitive advantage? Would it help create or benefit an existing Canadian supply chain?
What are the prospects for leveraging private sector capital? 2/
@cleanenergycan @AaronWherry Would the investment encourage cleaner energy and more efficient, productive uses of that energy?
Would it contribute to cutting carbon pollution in support of our 2030 climate target and a net-zero 2050?
Gov’t will need a tool to ask & answer these (& other) Qs while 3/
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