Le ministre des Finances M. Éric Girard a présenté aujourd’hui son nouveau budget. Il s’agit du quatrième budget présenté par la Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) depuis son élection. Ce budget se réalise dans un contexte postpandémique, de perturbations géopolitiques, de pressions inflationnistes et d’attentes importantes envers la refonte du système de santé. Ces éléments viennent teinter ce nouveau budget. Globalement, ce budget prévoit des mesures totalisant plus de 22G $ d’ici 5 ans, dont 3.7G $ cette année.

CIAC is pleased to announce that Greg Moffatt, Senior Director, Business and Economics has been promoted to Vice President, Policy and Corporate Secretary for the association.

Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) recently published a Q+A with Bob Masterson, President & CEO, CIAC about the merits of SCI’s Canada Awards and why they are so special. Bob is the Chair of chair of SCI Canada’s Nominations Committee.

CIAC responded to Ontario’s discussion paper that explores possible legislative changes to remove regulatory barriers preventing carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the province.

CIAC recognizes that climate change and the transition to a lower carbon economy is an important policy objective. The global chemistry sector is undergoing a renewal and transformation to net-zero carbon emissions. This transformation is creating a new wave of generational investments to decarbonize production. The development and approval for CCS in Ontario along with complementary regulatory actions provides opportunities for Ontario to benefit in this transformation and begin to attract similar carbon-neutral chemistry investments announced in Alberta and other North American jurisdictions that allow CCS.

Join CIAC and associate member Canvass AI for a webinar on April 6 at 2pm ET with speaker Forogh Askari. The webinar will outline the three-step plan for chemistry companies to deploy artificial intelligence across their workforce to accelerate their sustainability efforts in the race to net zero.

CP confirmed that it had reached a binding agreement with labour union Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), allowing CP’s 3,000 locomotive engineers, conductors, train and yard workers to return to work at noon local time on 22 March.

When the COVID pandemic hit Canada back in early 2020, Canadians quickly learned how reliant we are on healthy supply chains to provide us with essential services and products. The senseless and violent events in Ukraine are reinforcing this reality on a global and tragic scale.