carbon pricing
Planned tax will not significantly offset predicted future global warming.
Ontario’s plan will take even more money away from already heavily-taxed consumers and businesses.
Provincial carbon taxes will continue to distort energy markets, raise energy and food prices, and reduce economic competitiveness.
With Alberta’s economy sinking rapidly, the new Alberta government has decided to throw the province a few new anchors.
With a call-for-comments, Ontario released its Climate Change Discussion Paper on Feb. 12. The plan is essentially a laundry list of public policies that have been sought by environmentalists and allies for decades.
Carbon taxes are back on centre stage in Canada, after a new “bipartisan” Ecofiscal Commission came out in favour of the idea.