carbon price

The provinces that resisted the federal plan will now have to chart a new path. But they already quietly understood what needs to be done.

Opinion: Lost in the shouting over the Liberals’ carbon-tax rebate is an important change to the subsidies that high-emitting electricity generators will get

Opinion: Despite assumptions that rebates would effectively buy Canadians’ support for a carbon tax, there’s no clear evidence that happened in B.C.

Opinion: Some say Canada’s emission levels don’t require onerous policies like carbon pricing. But that thinking ignores a key role of governments: setting norms

Opinion: Industry leaders and the rest of Canada have agreed to the Pan-Canadian climate framework. But Scott Moe—like Brad Wall—isn’t budging

Opinion: Instead of scoring cheap political points on Trudeau’s carbon tax, Conservatives need to get serious and offer their own alternative

Opinion: Why a rising carbon tax that follows the federal benchmark rules and is fully revenue-neutral may be the best option for Ontario—and Canada

The federal government’s discussion paper on the so-called ‘backstop’ remains unclear on what it will do with carbon revenues

The agreement between Ottawa and all but two of the provinces is the result of negotiation and compromise—though two red flags remain

Economist Trevor Tombe on what putting a price on carbon emissions will mean for people across Canada, and what provinces can do to lessen the impact

A Q&A with economist Andrew Leach on what we know about the Trudeau government’s national carbon price plan, and all the questions that remain unanswered

Why putting a price on carbon emissions is a more effective way to tackle climate change than setting emissions targets.