Ill-defined ‘green economy’ remains a distant target, imprecise and uncertain and with no clear path or guidelines
Without a realistic plan for going forward, it is inappropriate to impose regulations, taxes and other government measures that could undermine the existing Canadian model in favour of a green economy plan that lacks focus, details, and a realistic hope of sustaining jobs, livelihoods, opportunities, and one of the world’s most enviable standards of living.
Only a few years ago, discussions of the green economy were genteel and very Canadian. Discussions focused on recycling, urban transit, downstream plans for carbon reduction and, in the 2015 federal election, a quasi-serious conversation about a carbon tax and the largely marginalized proposals outl...
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