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Originally Posted by Monahammer
FWIW EU CBAMs will be a bit more technical than a country average like that preventing importing aluminum!
But, why would Alberta be infringing on Quebec if the federal government repealed Carbon Tax? Alberta has it's own industrial emitter program, TIER, and Quebec is part of the Western Climate Initiative which combines their cap and trade market with California.
The federal government is specifically vested rights over national infrastructure projects. It is their duty to put the needs of all citizens above the needs of specific regions. No, individual provinces should not get a say beyond electing federal representatives, as it materially changes the "deal" in confederation.
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It was meant to be a hypothetical it illustrate how one province demanding one thing could cause others to suffer. Perhaps I should have chosen a less realistic example. But I think the point remains, you can see how the interests of one province are not necessarily neutral to the economies of other provinces. Alberta demanding full unfettered resource development is not a reasonable ask due to the potential for large impacts on others.