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 Items tagged: Conference Board of CanadaItems Found: 7Reuse It or Lose ItJanuary 9, 2011 - 12:38 pm Canada depends on its water for agricultural, industrial, and domestic uses—but does it use more than it needs? A report from the Conference Board of Canada suggests Canadians are huge consumers of water because of its availability and low cost, and because of a lack of widespread water conservation... Categories: Features Innovate/InvestMay 12, 2010 - 12:39 pm The Ontario government has promised, through the proposed Water Opportunities Act, to position the province as a major force in the global water market. In your opinion, is Ontario (and Canada) well-positioned to enter this market? Zoltan Tompa: Ontario certainly has the right... Categories: Features Big News for Hamilton.. TomorrowMarch 11, 2010 - 9:49 am Tomorrow holds big news for Hamilton Harbour, said Ontario's new Minister of Energy and Infrastructure, Brad Duguid, this morning when ReNew Canada and Water Canada's editors met him at the Ministry's offices downtown Toronto. Following Ontario’s big water-related announcement this week, Duguid... Categories: Blog Full-Cost Pricing Necessary, Says ReportNovember 23, 2009 - 10:01 am Consumers must pay for every unit of water they use, and the price must reflect the cost of supplying it, the Conference Board of Canada recommends in a new report released last week. “Water charges based on the value of property—or any other fixed measure that is not directly related to water... Opportunity KnocksJanuary 28, 2009 - 12:40 pm Water tariffs are on the rise throughout North America and around the world, as we all try to figure out how we're going to meet the unstoppable water needs of global population, ever larger cities and expanding industrial development. A recent report released by Lux Research projects that disruptive... Categories: Features Poor Results in Water, Waste and Greenhouse Gases Worsen Canada's Environmental RankingNovember 5, 2008 - 1:59 pm Canada's environmental record is one of the worst-standing 15th out of 17 developed countries- according to the latest Report Card on Canada: How Canada Performs: Environment-Details and Analysis, released this week by The Conference Board of Canada. Canada's overall C grade reflects a poor performance... Categories: International, National, News Global Opportunities for Canada: Conference BoardOctober 31, 2008 - 1:12 pm "The biggest challenge is to bring Canada's widely dispersed technologies together, so that Canadian companies can compete on a global scale, and ultimately become more innovative and prosperous," says Gilles Rheaume, vice president of public policy at the Conference Board of Canada. Canada has a... Advertisement
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