Championing the green economy: why values matter more than logic

'Instead of speaking to the dangers of the carbon economy, focusing on positive messages of preparedness for a changing climate conveys a sense of resilience and safety.'

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada's premiers, including Ontario's Kathleen Wynne, left, and Nova Scotia's Stephen McNeil, right, announced an agreement to put a price on carbon on Dec. 9, 2016. The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY INGRID LEMAN STEFANOVIC

March 19, 2018

Carbon tax—“unfair”, according to the new Ontario PC leader Doug Ford. His colleague, Tanya Granic Allen, a former candidate for the leadership, suggests that she has always known “right from my gut” that carbon taxes are “wrong.” Such knee-jerk, “gut” reactions to a strategy that...

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