http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-trudeau-climate-change-1.3788825
"Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took provinces by surprise Monday by announcing they have until 2018 to adopt a carbon pricing scheme, or the federal government will step in and impose a price for them.
A tough-talking Trudeau told MPs in the House of Commons that provinces can craft a cap-and-trade system or put a direct price on carbon pollution — but it must meet the federal benchmark or "floor price."
"If neither price nor cap and trade is in place by 2018, the government of Canada will implement a price in that jurisdiction," he said.
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Trudeau said the proposed price on carbon dioxide pollution should start at a minimum of $10 a tonne in 2018, rising by $10 each year to $50 a tonne by 2022."
Trying to get a handle on how much we should realistically expect motor fuel taxes to go up: According to the EIA, burning a US gallon of gasoline produces 19.64 pounds of CO2. Since a "tonne" is 2204.62 pounds, it would take about 112.25 gallons of gasoline to produce one tonne of CO2. This is about 425-litres. A $10 premium on 425-litres works out to about 2.35-cents per litre. A $50 premium (by 2022) is 11.76-cents per litre.
As much as I hate obvious cash-grabs like these they don't really sound "punitive" enough to change people's habits (i.e. reduce carbon emissions by disincentivization of fuel-burning by making it more expensive.) Then again, there's heating fuel and that used for the generation of electricity (e.g. natural gas) to consider too. Going to get pretty expensive for all of us pretty soon.
"Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took provinces by surprise Monday by announcing they have until 2018 to adopt a carbon pricing scheme, or the federal government will step in and impose a price for them.
A tough-talking Trudeau told MPs in the House of Commons that provinces can craft a cap-and-trade system or put a direct price on carbon pollution — but it must meet the federal benchmark or "floor price."
"If neither price nor cap and trade is in place by 2018, the government of Canada will implement a price in that jurisdiction," he said.
...
Trudeau said the proposed price on carbon dioxide pollution should start at a minimum of $10 a tonne in 2018, rising by $10 each year to $50 a tonne by 2022."
Trying to get a handle on how much we should realistically expect motor fuel taxes to go up: According to the EIA, burning a US gallon of gasoline produces 19.64 pounds of CO2. Since a "tonne" is 2204.62 pounds, it would take about 112.25 gallons of gasoline to produce one tonne of CO2. This is about 425-litres. A $10 premium on 425-litres works out to about 2.35-cents per litre. A $50 premium (by 2022) is 11.76-cents per litre.
As much as I hate obvious cash-grabs like these they don't really sound "punitive" enough to change people's habits (i.e. reduce carbon emissions by disincentivization of fuel-burning by making it more expensive.) Then again, there's heating fuel and that used for the generation of electricity (e.g. natural gas) to consider too. Going to get pretty expensive for all of us pretty soon.