So it will be going up to $65 a ton. That means that when our conservative friends say that the carbon tax will be tripled, they are talking through their hats. That is not going to happen.
However, according to the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation, the OECD, the tax would have to be set at $175 per ton in 2030 to be efficient. Many experts in the world are saying that if we want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, one of the most useful tools would be a tax.
Isn't Canada's carbon tax far from being what it should be?