Focus on keeping industry, not politicians, in Canada

The start of a new year is a time to act on resolutions. The federal government should implement border carbon adjustments and an improved Fiscal Stabilization Program.

To actually reduce global emissions rather than just push industry and jobs abroad, we should welcome and act upon the fall economic statement’s commitment to ‘exploring the potential of border carbon adjustments,’ writes Erin Weir.Photograph courtesy of Pexels

Opinion

BY ERIN WEIR

January 7, 2021

Canadian politics began 2021 with an almost obsessive focus on some elected officials leaving the country over the holidays. For Canadian workers, a more serious concern is whether trade-exposed and energy-intensive industries might leave the country in response to the carbon tax increase announced ...

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