Canada’s sustainable finance market is at a turning point, and scaling capital, enabling Indigenous participation, and innovating new instruments will determine how effectively the transition is financed.


This episode of Sustainability Leaders explores that shift through a panel discussion from the BMO Government, Reserve & Asset Managers Conference, moderated by John Uhren, Global Head of Sustainable Finance at BMO Capital Markets. The expert panel included in alphabetical order of their last names:


  • Madeline Bélanger-Trottier, Advisor, Debt Management, Financial Sector Policy Branch, Department of Finance, Canada;

  • James Byra, Managing Director, Finance and Investments, First Nations Finance Authority;

  • Jonathan Lapointe, Vice President, Business Development, AlphaFixe Capital;

  • Elizabeth Wallace, Senior Manager, Funding, Ontario Financing Authority.