Farmers prefer provincial carbon tax to Ottawa’s
Manitoba’s plan, which Premier Brian Pallister withdrew Oct. 4, would have exempted not only fuels burned in farm equipment, but in grain dryers and livestock barns.
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Trade Wars Turning Into Investment Wars
While the U.S.–China trade war rages on and captures headlines, a U.S.–China investment war is emerging. Will sustainable development be the ultimate loser?
Floating Treatment Wetlands
Floating treatment wetlands allow aquatic plants to grow in water that is typically too deep for them and transform pollutants into harmless by-products.
Comprehensive Wealth in Canada
GDP guides decision makers when they craft policies for a country and measure its progress, but the International Institute for Sustainable Development says GDP is not the best measurement of wealth and well-being in the long-term.
Latest report: GDP should not be the sole criterion for measuring national wealth
(machine translated text) Canada is considered to be a rich, economically developed country, thanks to abundant natural resources and highly developed technology, but a recent report on Canadian wealth found that Canada’s wealthy resources are not as diverse as the economy.
Stakeholder Session on UNCITRAL ISDS Reform Process
This stakeholder session was hosted by IISD in partnership with CCSI and the IIED alongside the UNCITRAL meetings in October and November, 2018.
Tax Incentives in Mining: Minimising risks to revenue
Many developing countries use tax incentives in the hope of attracting domestic and foreign investment. Their effectiveness, however, has often been disputed, not least in relation to the mining sector, which involves location-specific resources that cannot be moved. Nonetheless, governments may determine that they would still benefit from introducing tax incentives for the mining sector because of some specificities in their jurisdiction. In such cases, tax incentives need to be carefully designed to be effective.
La CIJ anuncia que sus jueces no participarán en arbitraje de inversión o comercial
El presidente de la Corte Internacional de Justicia (CIJ) Abdulqawi A. Yusuf ha anunciado que los miembros de su institución no participarán en arbitraje de inversión ni en arbitrajes comerciales.
Future of Canada’s GDP performance fragile: report
Canada’s economy has grown steadily since 1980, but a new report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) says there are several factors that suggest it is on shaky ground.