Trudeau government’s plan to implement carbon pricing right, but more action is required

It’s said that politics is the art of the possible, and in Canada’s fractured and region-centered economy, the Trudeau government’s decision to approve the two pipelines in return for B.C.-Alberta support for a carbon tax, reflects policy inconsistency and political reality.

When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured last week on the Hill, and his provincial counterparts meet in December to fully flesh out a pan-Canadian climate plan, Canadians should be told the level reductions that have to be achieved between now and 2030The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

October 10, 2016

TORONTO—First, the Trudeau government announces conditional approval of the massive LNG project on the coast of northern British Columbia. Next, the Trudeau government announces a mandatory carbon pricing system for Canada as Parliament debates ratification of Canada’s international commitment t...

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