Bruno Arcand
Bruno Arcand is a doctoral candidate at the School of Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University and is affiliated with the Centre for Net-Zero Industrial Policy.
It may be tempting to view the suspension of the carbon tax on oil heating as a lack of courage by political decision-makers. But the federal government’s decision also illustrates the limits of a climate strategy built around carbon pricing.
Carbon capture and storage has the potential to accelerate or hinder the emergence of a thriving net-zero economy, and instead of debating whether it is intrinsically good or bad, it is time to discuss how to advance the technology productively in Canada.