OTTAWA — A national price on carbon emissions appears to be no closer to reality as Canada’s environment ministers meet Monday in Montreal to begin hammering out a pan-Canadian climate plan. “That’s the key issue,” Quebec environment and climate minister David Heurtel, who is currently the chair of the Canadian Council of Environment Ministers, told The Canadian Press. “This all started with the federal government talking about a national carbon tax,” said Heurtel. A national carbon tax hurts existing systems like cap-and-trade“Quebec, Ontario and other provinces have serious issues because, first of all, a national carbon tax hurts existing systems like cap-and-trade. So we’re going to have a good discussion (Monday),” said the federal minister.

Source: National Post October 02, 2016 19:30 UTC