Cap And Trade

• Canada’s oil and gas emissions cap coming with 2026 target start date: sources

  The policy will outline how the cap on greenhouse gas emissions will work and that it is intended to begin applying sometime between 2026 and 2030.

  Environment

  Dec 6, 2023
  
• Nova Scotia minister voices concern over federal carbon tax in letter to Ottawa

  Nova Scotia's environment minister has sent a letter to his federal counterpart voicing concerns about a carbon tax while the cost of living continues to rise.

  Environment

  Jul 29, 2022
  
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• Nova Scotia mum on new carbon tax 6 months before federal increase kicks in

  Nova Scotia's government is keeping quiet on whether it will introduce a carbon tax, six months before it needs to make a decision.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2022
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• Ontario’s party leaders offer differing approaches to reducing emissions

  The NDP, Liberals and Greens all pledge to cut emissions in half by 2030 below 2005 levels, but only the NDP are promising a new cap-and-trade system to achieve those reductions.

  Politics

  May 30, 2022
• ‘Where does this all end?’: High fuel and food costs here for a while, experts warn

  'I'd say right now we're in the second inning of a baseball game,' says Sylvain Charlebois, the director of Dal's Agri-food Analytics Lab of food and gas price increases.

  Consumer

  Nov 6, 2021
• Rising fuel costs in the Maritimes ‘taking money right out of our pocket’

  The maximum price for regular, self-serve gas in N.B. is now 133.0¢ per litre. In April 2020, maximum prices were as low as 73.0¢ per litre. A similar trend is felt in N.S.

  Economy

  Mar 18, 2021
• Ontario auditor general to assess government’s climate change plan

  Ontario's auditor general will assess the government's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in her annual report, to be released Wednesday.

  Politics

  Dec 2, 2019
• New map shows which parts of Canada lag on believing in climate change

  Those in Alberta — and to some extent Saskatchewan — are less likely to believe that the planet is warming due to human activity, a group of researchers has found.

  Canada

  Nov 24, 2019
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• Critics question slow pace of Ontario government’s planned climate change assessment

  Environment Minister Jeff Yurek says the data gathered will help the province and local communities plan their infrastructure to mitigate climate change risks.

  Environment

  Nov 7, 2019
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• Court rules Ford government broke the law by not consulting public on ending cap-and-trade

  In the 30-page decision, two of three Ontario Superior Court judges ruled the decision was illegal because rules under the Environmental Bill of Rights were not followed.

  Politics

  Oct 11, 2019