I think expectations of future carbon prices are exactly what businesses want. They want certainty to make those long-lasting investment choices and to know how they will pay off. I think there's also an expectation that carbon constraints elsewhere are only going to increase as other jurisdictions start to get moving, get more aggressive in how they move, and maybe even begin to impose their own border measures.
In short, getting ahead of the curve and reducing emissions more now rather than later can improve Canada's competitiveness in a carbon-constrained world.