Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is defending his embattled carbon-pricing program on the world stage, and he argues that misinformation is threatening environmental progress. Trudeau arrived today in Brazil for the G20 leaders summit, and addressed a conference held by the anti-poverty group Global Citizen. He touted Canada’s consumer carbon levy, arguing it is among the…
The hopes of an anxious Liberal caucus were first raised at the end of the summer of 2022 in the resort town of St. Andrew’s, New Brunswick. Liberals had gathered that August for the first in-person retreat after the pandemic to confront a series of polls that found them trailing the leaderless Conservatives by a…
An update on the federal carbon price’s economic impact that corrected an error in earlier reports largely supports previous conclusions, the parliamentary budget officer said Thursday. Yves Giroux said his office still finds the vast majority of households get back more in rebates than they pay for carbon pricing, but for most, those gains are erased after broader economic…
