Low-interest finance can ease pocket-book pressure from high energy costs
In a new opinion editorial Blue Green Canada member and Clean Energy Canada Senior Policy Advisor, Jana Elbrecht, and Efficiency Canada’s Brendan Haley, highlight a “glaring gap” in government programming and funding to help low-and middle-income households switch to energy-saving heat pumps.
The new Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program provides much-needed assistance to low-income households, but its $800-million budget allocation won’t go very far toward the one million homes target.