Originally published in The Globe and Mail. The carbon pricing deal between Alberta and Ottawa turned out to be more modest in its climate ambition than many climate advocates had hoped – including me. I still think Canadians should encourage the two governments to build on their agreement from last week in a way that
Originally published in The Hill Times. Canada is within reach of a historic “grand bargain” with Alberta on energy and climate that could define our economy for a generation. Yet at this critical moment, the oil sector is amping up its criticism of industrial carbon pricing as a drain on its competitiveness. This argument is
Originally published in The Globe and Mail: The memorandum of understanding signed last week between the federal and Alberta governments was promptly attacked by climate advocates as a betrayal of climate action in Canada. Chief among them was MP Steven Guilbeault, formerly a Trudeau-era environment minister, who called the deal a “serious mistake” and resigned
Originally published in the Calgary Herald. Monday’s First Ministers’ Conference in Saskatoon might be remembered as the moment Canadian politicians finally got on the same page about decarbonizing the energy sector. To realize the leaders’ vision of turning Canada into a low-carbon energy superpower, we now need the energy sector to step up. And we
To decarbonize our economy and hit our climate targets, we have to build a lot of low-carbon projects – fast. What’s needed now is for the federal government to follow through on its commitments to strengthen Canada’s industrial carbon pricing system.
Originally posted in the Globe and Mail. Here’s the hard reality: The world will not be able to keep warming below 1.5 C, despite the significant progress at the COP28 climate conference, where countries explicitly called for a transition away from fossil fuels, among other significant measures. I don’t make this claim lightly. Missing the 1.5
The Canada Growth Fund’s first carbon offtake agreement should be a stepping stone towards a broader contract for difference program
The American Inflation Reduction Act has opened big gaps between the incentives for low-carbon investment in Canada and the U.S., threatening our ability to compete in a world that is on a turbo-charged path to net-zero emissions.
Whether or not you believe that humanity has an existential imperative to cut greenhouse-gas emissions hardly matters anymore.
Alberta faces a make-or-break moment for its industrial carbon pricing system.
A single tax incentive under consideration in Ottawa has the potential to create jobs, grow businesses and investment, and cut Canada's carbon emissions.
Since the election and the party's disappointing result, some Conservative insiders have argued the leader's embrace of carbon pricing was a mistake that cost the party votes. But a new exit poll by Leger and Clean Prosperity shows that’s not true.