Americas > ANALYSIS: Federal recognition of Ontario large emitter programme complicates Canadian offset outlook

ANALYSIS: Federal recognition of Ontario large emitter programme complicates Canadian offset outlook

Published 22:07 on October 13, 2020  /  Last updated at 22:39 on October 13, 2020  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, Canada, Carbon Taxes, Voluntary

Canadian carbon credit demand could skew lower following Ottawa’s approval of the Ontario Emissions Performance Standard (EPS) to replace the federal ‘backstop’ output-based pricing system (OBPS), while the decision may also erode support for the national offset programme under development, market stakeholders told Carbon Pulse.
Canadian carbon credit demand could skew lower following Ottawa’s approval of the Ontario Emissions Performance Standard (EPS) to replace the federal ‘backstop’ output-based pricing system (OBPS), while the decision may also erode support for the national offset programme under development, market stakeholders told Carbon Pulse.


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