The best solution for Canada to make its contribution without handcuffing ourselves would be to apply carbon tarriffs on all goods consumed in Canada based on the lifecycle carbon emissions. Anything for export would be exempt unless that nation had a similar policy.
This ensures our industry competes on a level playing field and doesn't just shift the emissions the same way we shifted slave labour from local to oversees. If we just tax locally it makes it more economical to import from jurisdictions with no tax so just moves emissions.
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