Smart climate policies today can help Canada mine success in a low-carbon future

Good carbon-pricing policies encourage emissions reductions while protecting competitiveness.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, pictured last year, last week announced the government’s backstop carbon-pricing plan.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY PIERRE GRATTON

May 24, 2017

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may soon be heard saying, “Because it’s 2018.” That’s when Canada heralds a new era of climate leadership, one in which all of our provinces and territories will be on the carbon pricing pathway. But before the calendar turns, there’s work to be done...

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