“The Green Party of Canada’s newly-released climate platform contains some important ideas that can help advance the climate policy conversation, though there are other planks that are either unfeasible or potentially harmful to the economy,” Clean Prosperity Executive Director Michael Bernstein said today.
"The new climate policies proposed today by the Liberal Party of Canada offer a strong boost to the party’s earlier commitments. The plan matches the ambition of Canada’s 2030 target, a 40-45% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions relative to 2005 levels,” said Clean Prosperity Executive Director Michael Bernstein.
To achieve its climate goals, Canada needs to decarbonize heavy industry while maintaining competitiveness; the best way to do this is by putting a charge on the carbon content of imports in a scheme similar to the one recently introduced by the European Union.
New poll data shows a surge in the number of Canadians who want urgent climate action.
"The climate platform released today by the federal New Democratic Party proposes a range of ambitious climate policies that is on par with the scale of the challenge in front of us," said Clean Prosperity Executive Director Michael Bernstein.
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“The new climate target announced at today’s Earth Day Summit by Prime Minister Trudeau is a positive step forward in the battle against climate change,” said Clean Prosperity Executive Director Michael Bernstein.
“Today’s federal budget is good news for climate action,” Clean Prosperity Executive Director Michael Bernstein said today.
“The climate plan proposed by Erin O’Toole today is a significant step in the right direction for the Conservative Party of Canada and for climate action,” said Clean Prosperity Executive Director Michael Bernstein. “All major political parties in Canada now agree that carbon pricing should be at the heart of any climate plan.” “While reducing
”A new Environment and Climate Change Canada report on Canada’s 2019 greenhouse gas emissions presents a mixed picture, as emissions rose slightly while emissions intensity continued to decline,” Clean Prosperity Executive Director Michael Bernstein said today. “This ECCC report can’t tell us much about the impact of the federal government’s carbon tax. The consumer-facing component
