carbon price

More than four in 10 Canadians surveyed about climate change last month said there is conclusive evidence climate change is real, that it is being caused by people and that they believe addressing the problem should be a top government priority.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says a national price on carbon won't be imposed on any province for at least another year.

One year ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got eight provinces and all three territories to agree to put a price on pollution as part of a national climate change plan.

The Manitoba government says it will introduce a carbon tax of $25 a tonne next year and keep it at that rate, defying the federal government's demand for a $50 a tonne rate.

Nova Scotia's proposed cap and trade regime must have declining emissions caps in order to be effective, the legislature's law amendments committee was told on Mon. Oct. 16, 2017.