How will each party’s position on the industrial carbon tax affect the air quality in Hamilton? Ian Borsuk of Environment Hamilton wants to know.
The Liberal government has already cancelled the consumer carbon tax, but the issue of carbon pricing for industrial pollution is still on the table in the current federal election campaign.
The system, which varies slightly by province, makes large emitters pay into a fund that subsidizes projects to reduce industrial emissions. The Conservatives say that, if elected, they’d get rid of it.
That would mean an end to a source of funds that helps pay for projects like the green steel plans at ArcelorMittal Dofasco, says Ian Borsuk, executive director of Environment Hamilton. He says that with no financial incentive to reduce pollution, it’s likely that many businesses would abandon plans to improve their emissions, further escalating global warming.
Borsuk says the issue is particularly salient …