Climate news & insights

Both the Ottawa’s budget and the newly signed Canada–Alberta MOU reaffirm the commitment to strengthen industrial pollution pricing – meaningful progress that should be acknowledged. Yet the deal between Ottawa and Alberta creates environmental risks (weaker national standards), political risks (emboldening provinces to push for further carve-outs), and economic risks (reduced investor certainty). Each of these makes it harder to meet Canada’s climate goals – and easier for today’s pollution to become tomorrow’s multibillion-dollar bill for younger people.

The Liberal election platform recognized that Canada no longer works for all generations. As Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new government appoints Ministers and sets out plans, solutions to this national challenge must be at the forefront of our efforts to protect, build, and unite Canada.

Canadians' enduring support for paying for pollution provides a key tool to fight the tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump. Canada should impose a carbon tariff that targets the United States' dirtiest companies – and do so to stand up for our kids and country.

How it is that we’ve so wildly underestimated Canadians’ willingness to take responsibility for paying for our pollution? Check out the surprising results from our latest poll.

New global, national and provincial commitments make 2024 a stand-out year for generational fairness. This Global Intergenerational Fairness Day, young and old Canadians alike should take pride in the progress we’ve made. Join us in marking the day on November 16.

Generation Squeeze had a unique opportunity this week to join world leaders at the United Nations in New York for a global milestone event — the adoption of the first ever Declaration on Future Generations. The Declaration affirms the responsibilities we collectively hold today to those who follow, calling on governments at all levels to “safeguard the needs and interests of future generations.”

Generation Squeeze is bringing our generational fairness solutions to the first-ever United Nations' Summit of the Future in New York this September. Canada will join other world leaders to stand in solidarity with current and future generations by agreeing on a Pact for the Future and a Declaration for Future Generations.

Canada’s ‘Fairness for Every Generation’ budget is inspiring others in our global movement. Leaders from the Berkley Institute for Young Americans in California are calling on their state to look to Ottawa for inspiration.

Those opposed to the federal carbon price promise to save us money. Generally they won’t, because research shows the carbon price contributes less than 1% to our major costs of living, such as rent and food. There are better ways to improve affordability, such as policies to reduce housing, child care and other major costs of living.

Gen Squeeze Founder Paul Kershaw was on Parliament Hill this week to remind Canadians why most of us supported paying for our pollution in the first place: “[W]e pay for our pollution because we love our kids, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. We have a duty to pay for our pollution for them… because there’s absolutely no escaping that we put our kid’s health, safety, air, drinking water, and food at risk when we pollute.”