Showing posts with label Quebec. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Quebec. Show all posts

Saturday, February 3, 2007

Suzuki Foundation take on Quebec's carbon tax

The Suzuki foundation released a review of provincial climate change action plans back in October 2006. Here's what they had to say about Quebec's carbon tax:
  • Suzuki foundation calculations show that the tax will end up being approximately 3$ per tonne of CO2e
  • The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers claim they will have to pass the cost onto consumers (likely, despite Quebec government assertions), and that this will add roughly 1.5 cents/liter to the price of gasoline.
  • According to Suzuki, this is unlikely to modify consumer actions but is a good first step and appropriate funding mechanism.
Link to Suzuki review
Link to Quebec climate change plan