,p>Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands during Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada July 1, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
Posted on 10/03/2016 8:11:47 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Ottawa (AFP) - Canada will impose a national minimum carbon price in 2018 in order to meet its Paris accord commitment to slash greenhouse gas emissions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday.
"All Canadian jurisdictions will put a price on carbon pollution by 2018... To get there, the government will set a floor price for carbon pollution," he said in a speech to parliament.
Each province will have a choice in how they implement the pricing, he added, for example, by imposing a carbon tax or adopting a cap-and-trade system.
The federal government, Trudeau said, is proposing a minimum price of Can$10 (US$7.63) per tonne of carbon pollution in 2018.
This price would rise by Can$10 each year to a maximum of Can$50 per tonne in 2022.
Opposition parties and several provinces immediately pushed back, saying a new tax would sink the economy while accusing Trudeau of overstepping federal jurisdiction.
"Canadian families are struggling to make ends meet," said Conservative MP Ed Fast. "The last thing they need is a massive carbon tax forced down their throat."
Canada's ratification of the landmark Paris accord on climate change is expected to come later this week, after the debate in parliament.
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,p>Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands during Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada July 1, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
Reminds me of the Frauleins with Der Fuhrer.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the introduction of a
national minimum carbon price in 2018 (AFP Photo/Alain Jocard)
Not that this illegitimate child of a dead former Prime Minister cares, but he is overstepping his Constitutional authority.
Who cares about the Constitution when chicks think you’re hot.
... chicks think you’re hot...
Chicks dig socialists.
Liberals never get it that it doesn’t matter how high gas prices are people will still buy or do they ?
Control the weather via taxation. Should work well.
they’ll throw him out next election
The young stupids flock to their executioner.
He does have sexy hair.
Wanna bet?
this is what we're up against...
And they wonder why giving women the Right to Vote was such a bad idea.
lots of people travel into British Columbia and Alberta from the USA to tour the parks....imposing outrageous increases in fuel is not going to be a good thing...
what...you don't want women to be just as shallow and petty as you?
Look, just because I think Kate Upton is hot, it don’t mean I want her to be President.
Like the article on Drudge that lists some country positions in the freedom list. I stopped reading when they said that Canada was the most free because that is absolute BS. Pastors go to jail there for simply reading the bible. It proved to me that authors of the list are not respectable.
Gone to the Dark Side, they have.
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