Americas > Ontario’s poll-leading Conservatives pledge to exit WCI, replace carbon market with federal tax plan

Ontario’s poll-leading Conservatives pledge to exit WCI, replace carbon market with federal tax plan

Published 11:25 on November 26, 2017  /  Last updated at 11:35 on November 27, 2017  /  Americas, Canada, Carbon Taxes, US

Ontario’s opposition Progressive Conservatives have pledged to replace the province’s cap-and-trade scheme with the federally-designed carbon tax option, which would see its Western Climate Initiative membership traded for consumer and business tax cuts.
Ontario’s opposition Progressive Conservatives have pledged to replace the province’s cap-and-trade scheme with the federally-designed carbon tax option, which would see its Western Climate Initiative membership traded for consumer and business tax cuts.


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