Although economists favour carbon pricing as the most effective and efficient way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the policy has taken an unpredictable path in Canada. It has been embraced by British Columbia and Quebec, partially implemented in New Brunswick, and unceremoniously dumped by Alberta and Ontario.
This series of articles takes a close look at the approach toward carbon pricing in several provinces and considers where things stand now that the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, struck in late 2016, has fallen apart. The series of articles include:
- Northern priorities and carbon pricing;
- Manitoba’s fickle relationship with carbon pricing;
- Quebec’s political consensus over carbon price system;
- Most Canadians don’t want a province-first approach to climate change;
- Carbon pricing across Canada;
- How the commuter vs. polluter narrative could backfire on Alberta;
- Saskatchewan’s long history of rejecting carbon pricing;
- Lessons from British Columbia’s carbon tax;
- Ontario’s carbon price experience is a cautionary tale;
- New Brunswick’s timid foray into carbon pricing; and
- The fleeting Canadian harmony on carbon pricing.