CARBON TAX (CANADA)

A carbon tax would make people think every time they use energy.

PARTY PLANS

Liberal Plan

- Establish an absolute cap for emissions based on 1990 levels

- Set a carbon budget that industry will be legally bound to respect

- Charge companies who violate the cap $20 a tonne (rising to $30 by 2011)

- Implement a carbon tax

NDP plan

- Mandatory home efficiency standards and incentives for public and private buildings

- Cap industry emissions and reduce 50% by 2050; each industry would get saleable "credits" if they pollute less than their limits -- credits could then be sold to companies who exceed their limits

Conservative plan

- Impose mandatory targets so that air pollution from industry is cut in half by 2015

- Regulate the fuel efficiency of cars and light duty trucks, beginning with the 2011 model year

- Strengthen energy efficiency standards for energy-using products such as light bulbs

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