On October 7th we provided you with a
snapshot of the campaigns of each of
Canada's Federal political parties and each of their respective
carbon policies. With the election of a Liberal majority,
everyone seems to be asking the question, where do we go from here
on the climate change front?
Recall that, during the campaign, the Liberals proposed a
"medicare" style approach to combating carbon emissions,
which allows the provinces to design their own emissions platform
within the confines of a national target and Federal oversight. The
Liberals coined this plan as not too hot, not too cold, but
just-right, striking an appropriate balance between the economic
diversity inherent across the provinces and Canada's need to
take a tougher stance on emissions. With Prime Minister Trudeau
currently enjoying wide support during his post-election honeymoon
period and the Paris climate change conference on the horizon, it
appears that the Liberal government is employing an
