/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1121/all en /newsroom/channels/news/accelerating-canadas-green-energy-transition-toronto-star-357907 <p>July 4, 2024 | Canada produces 80 per cent non-emitting electricity, however there stands a need for transitioning towards a clean energy transition that meet its emission goals by requiring building bigger, cleaner, smarter grids capable of doubling or tripling current capacity. "Net zero energy road maps from provincial governments can provide the missing direction. Road maps articulate a provincial government’s vision, objectives, and plans for how the province will meet its energy needs on the road to net zero," Chris Ragan and Rick Smith explains. </p> Mon, 08 Jul 2024 19:21:22 +0000 admin 311162 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/tackling-negative-implications-less-cash-society-cbc-news-357867 <p>June 30, 2024 | The digital brigade, powered by e-transfers, PayPal and Apple Pay, has gained unprecedented momentum. This is leading towards a cashless society, as Canadians tend to embrace electronic methods of payments. However, cash holds many significance in the social and economic realm. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7248846">CBC News</a> featured one of our MPP alum, Aftab Ahmed for their news article about the harm of leaping towards the cashless Canadian economy. </p> Wed, 03 Jul 2024 13:52:55 +0000 admin 310709 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/economist-weighs-premiers-calls-pause-carbon-tax-hike-cbc-news-356214 <p>March 14, 2024 | A growing number of premiers are urging the federal government to pause the carbon tax hike that's set to take place on April 1, or to ditch it altogether. <a href="/maxbellschool/our-people/mpp-teaching-faculty/christopher-ragan">Chris Ragan</a>, the director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, joined Power & Politics to discuss the impact this could have on Canada's climate plan. "We're playing a long-run game," Ragan said. "It's very easy to say this is not a good time for a carbon tax ...</p> Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:30:12 +0000 admin 310506 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/fortune-coronavirus-making-clear-there-no-solidarity-eu-322024 <p>« The European Union is in trouble. From the start, its countries haven’t been on equal footing. But COVID-19 has shone a stark light on the dissimilarities between its national economies. The crisis has also laid bare that EU members have significantly different views on what obligations they have to one another.</p> Mon, 04 May 2020 17:23:06 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 209830 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/no-grain-self-sufficiency-china-without-changes-land-policies-287551 <p>If China is to achieve its target of 95% grain self-sufficiency by 2030 it will need to restrict the conversion of arable land to other uses say researchers from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº. This may prove challenging in a country with a population of almost 1.4 billion, but with just under 13% of arable land, close to half of which is suffering from soil degradation. After analyzing the potential impacts of various current trade-related food policies, the researchers have arrived at the conclusion that the current Red Line arable land protection policy is insufficient to reach the government’s desired goal.</p> Thu, 07 Jun 2018 15:28:52 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 43835 at /newsroom /newsroom/michael-r-smith Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23672 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/montreal-retail-sales-249210 Thu, 30 Apr 2015 16:19:53 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 22509 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/greek-debt-crisis-243016 Fri, 20 Feb 2015 15:11:15 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 22132 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/2015-world-economic-forum-davos-241169 Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:21:32 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 21930 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/why-west-should-help-putin-save-ruble-240786 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:03:15 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 21754 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-experts-european-unions-economy-239938 Tue, 04 Nov 2014 19:45:32 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 21437 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/mcgill-experts-2014-fifa-world-cup-brazil-236880 Fri, 30 May 2014 14:46:43 +0000 raphael.larocque-cyr@mcgill.ca 20815 at /newsroom