Le nouveau gouvernement fédéral doit moderniser la tarification du carbone industriel

The Canadian Climate Institute advocates for the modernization of industrial carbon pricing as a top federal priority to counter economic uncertainty and maintain competitiveness against China and Europe. The author proposes three main improvements: strengthening emission performance standards to prevent credit market saturation, interconnecting provincial carbon markets to increase liquidity and remove interprovincial trade barriers, and providing long-term policy certainty through price trajectories beyond 2030 and carbon contracts for difference. The document urges the federal government to accelerate the review process for provincial and territorial systems, which is currently slated for 2026.

• Industrial carbon pricing is identified as Canada's most effective climate policy, capable of producing more emissions reductions than any other policy while attracting investment and protecting exports from carbon tariffs in the UK and European Union.
• To prevent carbon credit markets from becoming saturated and prices from dropping, the federal government should predictably strengthen emission performance standards and more rigorously enforce the minimum standards required for provincial systems.
• Interconnecting provincial carbon markets, which currently operate as isolated 'islands', would create larger, more stable, and more liquid markets, thereby removing a barrier to interprovincial trade for companies operating across multiple provinces.
• Investment stability for industrial equipment with lifespans of 40 years or more requires clear future expectations, including a price trajectory beyond 2030 and the implementation of widely applied carbon contracts for difference.
• The current timeline for reviewing provincial and territorial carbon pricing systems in 2026 for 2027 updates is considered too slow given the risks of investment uncertainty; the federal government is urged to accelerate this process.

APA

Canadian Climate Institute (2025). Le nouveau gouvernement fédéral doit moderniser la tarification du carbone industriel. https://institutclimatique.ca/gouvernement-federal-moderniser-tarification-du-carbone-industriel/

Chicago

Canadian Climate Institute. Le nouveau gouvernement fédéral doit moderniser la tarification du carbone industriel. 2025. https://institutclimatique.ca/gouvernement-federal-moderniser-tarification-du-carbone-industriel/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{canadianclimateinstitute2025nouveau, author = {{Canadian Climate Institute}}, title = {{Le nouveau gouvernement fédéral doit moderniser la tarification du carbone industriel}}, publisher = {Canadian Climate Institute}, year = {2025}, month = may, url = {https://institutclimatique.ca/gouvernement-federal-moderniser-tarification-du-carbone-industriel/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }