First and foremost, what's most important for Canadians is that we have access to good air quality and healthy ecosystems, and we have to use all of the measures available to us to get there. What the federal Liberal government is demonstrating today is leadership, despite criticism in some provincial jurisdictions, on moving forward and implementing a measure that is seen and understood by economists and policy-makers across the world as the most cost-effective tool to reduce emissions. We have a Nobel Prize laureate who is telling us carbon pricing has to be part of a comprehensive and effective climate change plan if we are to get to our target of limiting temperature rise to 1.5°.
I would say Canada is demonstrating leadership in implementing a credible climate plan and is joining 70 jurisdictions that are doing the same.