Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago

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How a climate lens can make economic stimulus more effective, starting with home and building retrofits.

First in a 7-part series exploring opportunities for Canada to build back better with a green recovery.

Features Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Hon. Jonathan Wilkinson, hosted by Diana Fox Carney and panelists from across business, labour, finance, indigenous communities, academia, environmental groups, and crown corporations.

Speakers include:
Derek Ballantyne, Board Chair, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; Stewart Elgie, Executive Chair, Smart Prosperity Institute;
Jonathan Hackett, Head of Sustainable Finance, BMO Financial Group;
Gord Hicks, CEO, BGIS (chair, Building Energy Innovator’s Council);
Julia Langer, CEO, The Atmospheric Fund;
Thomas Mueller, CEO, Canadian Green Building Council;
Céline Bak, Founder and President, Analytica Advisors;
Andy Chisholm, Board Member, RBC;
Corey Diamond, Executive Director, Energy Efficiency Canada;
Terri Lynn Morrison, Director of Strategic Partnership, Indigenous Clean Energy (ICE);
Angella MacEwan, CUPE Senior Economist and Broadbent Institute Fellow; Sean Mullin, Executive Director and co-founder, Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship;
Dave Sawyer, Chief Economist, Canadian Institute for Climate Choices; Steven Tobin, Executive Director, Labour Market Information Council;
Ralph Torrie, Senior Associate, Sustainability Solutions Group and Partner, Torrie Smith Associates

For more information, see: corporateknights.com/reports/green-recovery/.