Media Relations Office Main navigation Cost burden of Quebec’s carbon market seen as modest News Published: 20Jan2016 By Chris Chipello, Study by McGill researchers assesses short-run impacts on households, industries The cost burden of Quebec’s carbon-pricing policy, is likely to be modest across income groups and industries, according to a McGill University research team. The policy, which began to be implemented in 2013, provides a model for capping emissions “without undue hardship for the population,” the researchers conclude. If anything, they suggest, the program could be more aggressive in seeking to cut emissions. Their findings are reported in the December issue of Canadian Public Policy. Quebec is one of the only jurisdictions in North America that has adopted a carbon-pricing p
来源(Source From): http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/cost-burden-quebecs-carbon-market-seen-modest-257944