Letters
There’s more to carbon pricing [Re: “Canada’s biggest emitters are paying the lowest carbon tax rate,” winter issue 2022] I’d like to thank Corporate Knights for providing a public forum to examine issues surrounding pollution pricing in Canada. For too long, Canada delayed pollution pricing across the economy using the rationale that it would put us at a competitive disadvantage to our trading partners. This effectively gave a veto on climate action to the slowest movers. No more. Since 2019, the Government of Canada has implemented a price on pollution that entrenches the “polluter pays” principle while ensuring that industry does not relocate to jurisdictions with weaker environmental regulations. The average price per tonne of emissions, which headlines your assessment, misses the point of the exercise. Under the federal Output-Based Pricing System, every tonne…