Ottawa's Buy Clean strategy starts to take shape – but not fast enough for global competition

Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill on June 7, 2022. Last week at a climate conference in Toronto, Guilbeault rolled out a measure to restrict federal contracts over $25-million to companies that disclose their greenhouse-gas emissions and set reduction targets.PATRICK DOYLE/The Canadian Press As the federal government looks for ways to bolster Canadian competitiveness with the United States and other countries investing hugely in the transition to a low-carbon economy, it has only just started to use one of the more useful tools at its disposal: its…