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A burning issue: as greenhouse gas emissions from forest fires grow, Ottawa has role to play in restoration

Wise public policy dictates that we tax forest carbon emissions where appropriate and then reinvest those funds in restoring our forests, which in Canada are almost entirely publicly owned.The current climate crisis provides all the justification Canada needs to do so.

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BY BEN PARFITT
March 25, 2019

Opinion | BY BEN PARFITT | March 25, 2019

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A burning issue: as greenhouse gas emissions from forest fires grow, Ottawa has role to play in restoration

Wise public policy dictates that we tax forest carbon emissions where appropriate and then reinvest those funds in restoring our forests, which in Canada are almost entirely publicly owned.The current climate crisis provides all the justification Canada needs to do so.

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