COP28 is an opportunity for Canadian global leadership
At the upcoming United Nations climate summit in Dubai, the Canadian government has both the responsibility and the credibility to lay out the costs of climate inaction.
Keep dreaming for net zero by 2050—the country is not winning the battle against climate change
The Liberals have bludgeoned the Tories over their lack of a coherent climate change plan—and properly so. But if the cornerstone of the Liberals’ plan, the carbon tax, is not delivering results, the sting goes out of that criticism. What’s the difference between no plan, and a plan that isn’t working?
Canada’s climate policy, not just the carbon tax, is on a knife’s edge
The Liberal government seemed content to let the carbon tax do all the work until, magically, everyone buys electric vehicles, installs heat pumps, and flocks to public transit.
Liberals fed resentment against their carbon pricing plan by neglecting low-income Canadians, says energy efficiency expert
Carbon pricing is a necessary piece of the Liberals’ climate agenda, says environmental advocate, but defending it is ‘eating up so much political capital’ at a time when the federal government will need credibility to move ahead on other major planks of its climate agenda.
Assessing Canada’s climate policy progress points to key sectors that need to step up
Most sectors have momentum, but in a small number of others—most notably oil and gas and buildings—emissions continue to rise.
Newfoundland residents frustrated with carbon tax, have mixed reviews of their Liberal MPs, including Seamus O’Regan
‘I think it will still take more time for all those Liberal MPs to go back into their constituency and make the case to people in those ridings that they had sway,’ said David Coletto of Abacus Data.
Carbon-pricing saga must have Liberal players questioning if they want to keep playing
The carbon-price carveout is either undermining a sought-after legacy, or not yet providing the political rewards that Liberals hoped for from a change of course.
Cool the carbon-pricing debate and focus on solutions that make people’s lives better
The almost gravity-like pull carbon pricing exerts on public attention often takes away from other important steps that could be potentially more effective in terms of emissions reductions.
Deep efficiency retrofits are the only lasting fix to energy affordability
There is a clear path forward for the federal government out of their carbon tax mess if it offers a new income-targeted retrofit program to all provinces and all fuel types.
Sustainable Jobs Act must be strengthened if Canada is to succeed in a low-carbon future
The international momentum to move away from fossil fuels towards low-carbon energy and industries will not wait for Canada to be ready.
