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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Yes, and I asked you how you think they would go about it. Or at least how the UCP would do it any differently.
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Okay, fair enough. The below is a quote from Kenney on how Kenney would do it differently...
"One thing I've said is we would be comfortable, probably, going back to what we had as a levy — a tax — on major emitters, where the companies that produce the emissions actually paid into a research fund," Kenney said.
This type of regulatory system was introduced in Alberta in 2007 by the Progressive Conservative government of Ed Stelmach and modified in 2018 by the current NDP government.
The regulations only apply to large emitters and are separate from the broader-based carbon tax that the NDP introduced in 2017, which applies to the consumer-level sale of gasoline, diesel, propane and natural gas.
Both the old and the new regulations on industry involve having large emitters pay into a technology fund aimed at reducing the intensity of Alberta's greenhouse gas emissions.
A government agency doles out grants from the fund, on a project-by-project basis. Grant recipients have included municipalities, universities and major players in the oil and gas industry.
"That fund, paid for by major emitters, I think is a good way of doing it," Kenney said of his ideal climate-change policy for Alberta.
"I think the solution is through research and development, science and technology, that will find thousands of small innovations that reduce the carbon intensity of our economy."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...ters-1.4652145
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Stop the feds? The argument will really come down to whether or not provinces can be taxed differently. If the challenge succeeds, - after spending an absurd amount of money ironically - all that really means is that the federal government will set the carbon tax and each province will be subject to that. That's not a win of any sorts. At least not while the Liberals are in power.
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My understanding is the provinces fighting the carbon tax have asked the court to rule on whether the federal government’s plan to impose a carbon tax on the province is constitutional.