Mid Mark Carney may not meet the moment
The new Liberal leader is a component of the technocratic elite who got us into this mess of inequality.
Carbon tax special report
Canada’s unnecessary carbon tax detour
The climate threat is too important to allow any discipline to mislead us. Carbon taxes are not essential. We need to reduce GHG emissions at a good pace and it’s likely easier if we don’t waste money. Let’s focus on advancing and defending the policies that have a better chance politically.
Losing the consumer carbon tax takes Canada a step backwards
Overall, losing the consumer carbon tax takes Canada a step backwards on its decarbonization journey while also making life harder for low- and middle-income households.
Future of the carbon tax
The world’s leading climatologists agree that, unless there is an extremely larger effort to cut emissions, it will be next to impossible to do so sufficiently in the following few years in order to not reach 450ppm and go beyond.
What’s next for climate policy after carbon pricing?
Abandoning the consumer carbon price frees up political space to recommit to policies that will address the climate crisis and the critical issues facing Canadians.
Increased electrification, tighter building codes could be needed if consumer carbon tax scrapped, say experts
The clock is loudly ticking on a likely federal election in the spring, leaving the future of Ottawa’s carbon pricing regime unclear.
Farewell, consumer carbon tax
Canada needs predictability on environment and economic policies to create a competitive advantage over the chaos being generated by the U.S. administration. That should begin by specifying what will replace the consumer carbon tax and how all the many aspects of climate policy will work synergistically to protect the environment and strengthen the Canadian economy.
Facing tariffs, Canada has a clever, cleaner trade-compliant tool to support its steel and aluminum industries
The time is ripe for the import of good ideas. While Trump pulls back from policies that are already supporting clean, domestic industries in the U.S., let’s help our own steel and aluminum companies by buying clean right here at home.
Competition Bureau’s proposed anti-greenwashing guidelines are all bark, no bite
The proposed guidelines signal a loose and flexible enforcement approach that emphasizes business interests over evidence and science.
