Another messy compromise: carbon pricing in Canada

As with most fed-prov policy development in Canada, carbon pricing has turned into a messy compromise.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, pictured at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa. Climate policies differ wildly from one part of the country to another. The federal government aimed to smooth these differences with its Pan-Canadian Framework. Provinces had to meet a standard or have the federal system imposed. In practice, politics won over policy, writes Jennifer Winter. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JENNIFER WINTER

March 11, 2019

Climate policies differ wildly from one part of the country to another. The federal government aimed to smooth these differences with its Pan-Canadian Framework. Provinces had to meet a standard or have the federal system imposed. In practice, politics won over policy. October 2018 saw the release ...

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