Title: The Impact of the Federal Carbon Tax on the Competitiveness of Canadian Industries
Author: Ross McKitrick, Elmira Aliakbari, Ashley Stedman
Publisher: Fraser Institute
Date: August 22nd, 2019
Summary:
With Canada’s federal carbon tax set to reach $50 per tonne in 2022 it is often argued that Canadian businesses will become less competitive as a result of higher energy costs. For this reason, firms may relocate to countries where climate-change policies are less stringent—a phenomenon known as carbon leakage
