By Emma McIntosh, National Observer, May 21, 2020
After the Great Recession struck in 2008, then-U.S. president Barack Obama threw US$112 billion into green-energy-focused economic-recovery measures.
The investment boosted renewable energies, created jobs for laid-off workers and cut pollution levels.
Now, with COVID-19 grinding the economy to a halt and governments making historic injections of public money to prevent a total collapse, green-technology companies are hoping the Canadian government will make a similar bet. More than 200 organizations representing more than 2,000 green companies have signed onto Resilient Recovery, a campaign launched last week that aims to push Canadian governments to invest in clean technology, or cleantech, as the country recovers from its virus-related shutdown.
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/05/21/news/rebuild-economy-green-innovation-cleantech-companies-urge