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


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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...