Posted this in the politics thread, but cross-posting here. Carbon pricing is a contentious issue in the election and I thought this twitter essay offered a good, balanced summary of the NDP's climate plan's effects to date, and what's at stake if the UCP remove carbon pricing.
Some eye opening numbers (and reasonable criticisms) in this Twitter thread:
https://twitter.com/jamesglave/statu...50679134142464
or
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...134142464.html
(for those who hate twitter threads — thanks Fuzz!)
My take: I know conservatives are outraged at the carbon tax, but it's a market-based solution that's just starting to pick up momentum. It's also filling some of the revenue gap from oil and gas royalties so we can invest back into Alberta. Slashing it now wouldn't just send a horrible message to the world, it's bad policy.
Some may wish it had been implemented differently, but that's a sunk cost at this point. Regardless of what you may think about social license, the carbon pricing policy provides stability and predictability for industry. At this point, trying to stuff the genie back into the bottle would be disastrous for our economy.