La tarification du carbone au Canada : Principaux constats et recommandations

The Canadian Climate Institute evaluates Canada's diverse carbon pricing instruments, noting inconsistencies in emission coverage and price signals. It recommends establishing a common emission coverage standard, improving transparency, and harmonizing benchmarks for large emitters to enhance efficiency and equity.

• Carbon pricing in Canada is characterized by inconsistent emission coverage and price signals. The marginal cost incentive for reducing one tonne of emissions varies between 16 and 41 dollars, partly due to uneven application of exemptions across different administrations.
• Large emitter programs face issues with competitiveness and transparency. These programs provide significant quantities of free emissions and apply different cost treatments across sectors, while a general lack of transparency makes it difficult to determine the actual marginal incentive cost or how revenues are recycled.
• To improve efficiency and equity, the document recommends that federal, provincial, and territorial governments develop a common emission coverage standard. This standard would set a minimum level of coverage, remove certain exemptions, and ensure consistent treatment of fugitive and process emissions in industrial sectors.
• The report suggests reforming consumer rebates and large emitter frameworks. Specifically, it recommends replacing point-of-sale refunds with direct rebates, tax reductions, or technology subsidies, and improving large emitter programs by updating formulas for free emissions and allowing the inter-jurisdictional trading of emission credits.
• Carbon pricing mechanisms do not treat Indigenous peoples uniformly; some communities receive exemptions while others bear full costs. The document emphasizes the need for continued dialogue to ensure policy changes explicitly consider Non-Status Indians, Inuit, Métis, and self-governing First Nations communities.

APA

Canadian Climate Institute (2021). La tarification du carbone au Canada : Principaux constats et recommandations. https://institutclimatique.ca/reports/la-tarification-du-carbone-au-canada/la-tarification-du-carbone-au-canada-principaux-constats-et-recommandations/

Chicago

Canadian Climate Institute. La tarification du carbone au Canada : Principaux constats et recommandations. 2021. https://institutclimatique.ca/reports/la-tarification-du-carbone-au-canada/la-tarification-du-carbone-au-canada-principaux-constats-et-recommandations/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{canadianclimateinstitute2021tarification, author = {{Canadian Climate Institute}}, title = {{La tarification du carbone au Canada : Principaux constats et recommandations}}, institution = {Canadian Climate Institute}, year = {2021}, month = jun, url = {https://institutclimatique.ca/reports/la-tarification-du-carbone-au-canada/la-tarification-du-carbone-au-canada-principaux-constats-et-recommandations/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }