Green Leader Elizabeth May welcomed the pre-election jockeying for who has the best plan to fight climate change, but said the NDP’s is too vague and unambitious. — and said the NDP’s climate plan will actually hurt the economy, not grow it. The NDP says it would change how the carbon price applies to heavy polluters so they pay more for their emissions. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOWThis part of the carbon price sets thresholds for specific industries based on the average emissions per unit of production in their sector. Businesses that emit less than the average earn credits they can sell, and those that emit more either buy credits or pay the carbon price on their excess emissions.

Source: thestar May 31, 2019 22:18 UTC