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Ottawa looks to relax benchmarks under Canadian carbon pricing programme

Published 00:51 on July 26, 2018  /  Last updated at 00:53 on July 26, 2018  / /  Americas, Canada, Carbon Taxes

The Canadian government may relax industry production benchmarks under its output-based carbon pricing system (OBPS), which forms part of its backstop carbon pricing plan, as well as introduce a similar metric for the power sector, it said at a workshop on Wednesday.
The Canadian government may relax industry production benchmarks under its output-based carbon pricing system (OBPS), which forms part of its backstop carbon pricing plan, as well as introduce a similar metric for the power sector, it said at a workshop on Wednesday.


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