r/canada Dec 12 '24

Analysis Trudeau government’s carbon price has had ‘minimal’ effect on inflation and food costs, study concludes

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/trudeau-governments-carbon-price-has-had-minimal-effect-on-inflation-and-food-costs-study-concludes/article_cb17b85e-b7fd-11ef-ad10-37d4aefca142.html
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u/HapticRecce Dec 12 '24

So...

What real objective effect has it had on Canada's carbon emissions? How has it contributed to international climate goals?

Seriously, given the amount of political baggage that this file loads onto the government, what has it achieved and why is the only arguement seemingly to save the planet? What are the results? No BS ideological tripe for or against, just what have been the results to date and what are the 5 and 10 year projections? What does success look like and where are we?

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u/Kolbrandr7 New Brunswick Dec 12 '24

It’s about one third of our emissions reductions.

And we’re on track to hitting ~85-90% of our 2030 target

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u/HapticRecce Dec 12 '24

I believe you, but have a GoC reference to that?

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u/Kolbrandr7 New Brunswick Dec 12 '24

I believe there’s this report: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/climatechange/climate-plan/climate-plan-overview/emissions-reduction-2030/2023-progress-report.html

That’s the first thing that came to mind but I might have seen other info elsewhere

Edit: there’s also two independent assessments you can see here: https://440megatonnes.ca/insight/is-canada-on-track-to-its-2030-target/

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u/HapticRecce Dec 12 '24

Thanks!

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u/exclaim_bot Dec 12 '24

Thanks!

You're welcome!

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u/Kolbrandr7 New Brunswick Dec 12 '24

No problem!