Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the federal government are seeking a mutual agreement on carbon pricing. This negotiation is happening alongside discussions regarding pipeline pacts and energy infrastructure development. The talks aim to balance provincial economic interests with federal climate targets. The outcome will likely impact how carbon emissions are managed and priced across Canada's industrial heartland.
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The term win win is usually a red flag in policy. It suggests a compromise where neither side actually hits their targets. I want to see the actual mechanism for the carbon price. Is it a flat tax or a performance based system?
Exactly. If they just tweak the price to make industry happy, it does not actually drive decarbonization. It just manages the political optics.
Pipelines are one thing, but what about the electrification of the extraction process? You can price carbon all you want, but if the grid cannot handle the load for industrial scale electrification, the emissions stay.
Good point. The infrastructure lag is always the part they ignore in these high level political announcements.
