On October 22, 2024, C3 hosted a webinar titled “Navigating Net-Zero: Policies to Help Canadian Industry Compete,” where top experts shared insights from two groundbreaking new reports by the Commission on Carbon Competitiveness.
How will Canadian industry prosper in a decarbonizing global economy?
This webinar explored the recommendations to Canadian policymakers arising from two new reports by the Commission on Carbon Competitiveness — a group of leading Canadian and U.S. experts in economics, climate policy, and trade law.
For over a year, the Commission has studied the opportunities and challenges facing Canadian industries as they work to reduce their emissions while remaining globally competitive.
At the webinar, Commissioners were joined by leaders from Canadian industry to look at how public policy tools like emissions pricing systems, border carbon adjustments, and emissions-intensity standards can best be designed to support Canadian competitiveness.
Panelists included:
- Barbara Zvan, President and CEO of University Pension Plan Ontario, member of Canada’s Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance
- Catherine Cobden, President and CEO of Canadian Steel Producers Association
- Karen Proud, President and CEO of Fertilizer Canada
Whatever Canada does, cooperation with our biggest trading partner will be critical. The webinar discussed the implications of the upcoming U.S. presidential election for Canadian industry’s push to decarbonize.
This event marked the launch of the Commission’s first two reports on Canadian carbon competitiveness. The first report analyzes the unique competitiveness challenges across specific industrial sectors. The second report makes recommendations to policymakers that are designed to protect the competitiveness of these industries as they decarbonize.