The provinces that resisted the federal plan will now have to chart a new path. But they already quietly understood what needs to be done.
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Canada’s new large-emitter pricing system might defeat the carbon tax’s own purpose
Opinion: Lost in the shouting over the Liberals’ carbon-tax rebate is an important change to the subsidies that high-emitting electricity generators will get
Will household rebates really make Canadians warm to a carbon price?
Opinion: Despite assumptions that rebates would effectively buy Canadians’ support for a carbon tax, there’s no clear evidence that happened in B.C.
For world governments, climate leadership is a matter of morality
Opinion: Some say Canada’s emission levels don’t require onerous policies like carbon pricing. But that thinking ignores a key role of governments: setting norms
Why Saskatchewan is still holding out on the feds’ climate plan
Opinion: Industry leaders and the rest of Canada have agreed to the Pan-Canadian climate framework. But Scott Moe—like Brad Wall—isn’t budging
The conservative case for a carbon tax in Canada
Opinion: Instead of scoring cheap political points on Trudeau’s carbon tax, Conservatives need to get serious and offer their own alternative
What if Ontario scrapped cap-and-trade for a carbon tax?
Opinion: Why a rising carbon tax that follows the federal benchmark rules and is fully revenue-neutral may be the best option for Ontario—and Canada
Why Canada’s carbon pricing plan should give money directly to Canadians
The federal government’s discussion paper on the so-called ‘backstop’ remains unclear on what it will do with carbon revenues
What the pan-Canadian climate plan gets right
The agreement between Ottawa and all but two of the provinces is the result of negotiation and compromise—though two red flags remain
Here’s how much carbon pricing will likely cost households
Economist Trevor Tombe on what putting a price on carbon emissions will mean for people across Canada, and what provinces can do to lessen the impact