carbon pricing

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre attempted to kill the Liberals’ carbon pricing with a non-confidence motion on March 21. The vote failed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

House of Commons rejects Conservative non-confidence motion over carbon tax

Move marked 11th time in 18 months that Poilievre has attempted to kill or amend carbon price

 

Canada’s carbon price could slash greenhouse gas emissions by more than 100 million tonnes a year by 2030 but only about one-fifth of that will come from the consumer carbon price at the centre of Conservative attacks. Smoke rises from the stacks at an energy facility in Toronto on Thursday January 15, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Industrial carbon price cuts 3 times the emissions of consumer levy: report

New research projects carbon tax could cut emissions by more than 100 million tonnes a year by 2030

 

Canadian farmers could wait months to find out if they’ll owe thousands of dollars for carbon pricing this year as a bill exempting natural gas and propane used on farms awaits its fate. Farmer Randy Spoelstra carries a bale of hay as he works a field in Hamilton, Ont., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Canada’s farmers sweating out possibility of big carbon pricing bill

Proposed carve-out bill giving them 8-year exemption still percolating on Parliament Hill

 

Canada’s price on pollution is supposed to help battle global warming, but as it nears its fifth anniversary, nothing in Canadian politics is hotter. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has so successfully convinced Canadians the carbon price is to blame for inflation that he even earned begrudging respect for his “axe the tax” campaign from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Poilievre holds a press conference regarding his “Axe the Tax” message from the roof a parking garage in St. John’s on Friday, Oct.27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly

Canada’s heated political conflict over carbon pricing will continue in 2024

September poll found most Canadians are anxious about climate change, but few want to change behaviour

Canada’s price on pollution is supposed to help battle global warming, but as it nears its fifth anniversary, nothing in Canadian politics is hotter. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has so successfully convinced Canadians the carbon price is to blame for inflation that he even earned begrudging respect for his “axe the tax” campaign from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Poilievre holds a press conference regarding his “Axe the Tax” message from the roof a parking garage in St. John’s on Friday, Oct.27, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly
Nature Conservancy Canada’s Boreal Wildlands project is seen in an undated handout photo. Banks know a growth market when they see it, and they’re increasingly seeing one in the buying, selling and generating of carbon offsets. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Nature Conservancy Canada, Andrew Warren

Canadian banks readying for carbon offsets to go big, even as doubts remain

Global offsets market projected to grow from $1 billion to $50 billion by 2030

Nature Conservancy Canada’s Boreal Wildlands project is seen in an undated handout photo. Banks know a growth market when they see it, and they’re increasingly seeing one in the buying, selling and generating of carbon offsets. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Nature Conservancy Canada, Andrew Warren
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses participants at the beginning of a housing round table at the Country Hills Library in Kitchener, Ont., on Aug. 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power-POOL

Prime minister says some premiers not being honest about carbon pricing

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused some politicians Thursday of being dishonest about…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau addresses participants at the beginning of a housing round table at the Country Hills Library in Kitchener, Ont., on Aug. 30, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power-POOL
Steven Guilbeault speaks during a press conference outside the GLOBE Forum at the Convention Centre in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. The environment minister says the government wants to “future proof” the carbon price against political decisions to cancel it or lower it down the road. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Feds looking to protect carbon price with legislation or compensation contracts

Minister: investors holding back on emissions-cutting projects because carbon price fragile

Steven Guilbeault speaks during a press conference outside the GLOBE Forum at the Convention Centre in Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. The environment minister says the government wants to “future proof” the carbon price against political decisions to cancel it or lower it down the road. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito