For the first time in several years, carbon pricing in Canada is back on the national radar.
Recently a group of more than 60 Canadian experts published a report, Acting on Climate Change, that outlined Canada’s path to a low-carbon future. Their first recommendation? Put a price on carbon. The idea seems to be gaining serious traction with Canadians, the majority of which support carbon pricing according to a recent Angus Reid poll.
In the lead up to this month’s Premiers’ Climate Summit in Quebec City, Ontario’s premier Kathleen Wynne announced her province would join Quebec’s cap-and-trade agreement with California (Read more…)