Don't forget the growth of the carbon management and sustainability industry in Alberta. There are now carbon management consultants in EPC companies, and accounting firms. I am seeing growth in sustainable agriculture/precision farming consultants. Countless small niche companies that have also started up to take advantage of clean energy. New start up companies have also cropped up to develop clean projects for the purpose of generating carbon offsets to sell to large carbon emitters. As the price of carbon continues to move up, many offset projects that may not be profitable at $15 or $20/tonne will become profitable at $30 or $50/tonne and they will be developed, resulting in more jobs. The new Climate Action Reserve in Ontario/Quebec will also allow fungible trading of offsets, which means offsets generated in Alberta (and other provinces) can be sold in Ontario or Quebec if they cannot find a buyer within the same Province. I have no idea if the introduction of the carbon levy has resulted in a net gain or loss of jobs but from what I've seen, it has generated quite a bit of entrepreneurial activities around clean energy/sustainability.
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