On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the U.S. economic recovery bill, which includes an investment of over US $76 billion in renewable energy and energy efficiency technology. This investment is over six times more on a per capita basis than was announced in Canada’s recent federal budget.
This report — prepared by Blue Green Canada, an alliance of Canadian labour unions, environmental and civil society organizations, of which Pembina Institute is part — looks at the priority Canada has given to both tackling climate change and investing in public infrastructure, and the need to invest in domestic, low-carbon building materials as a way to reduce pollution.
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