Noront Resources

High-grade Ni-Cu-Pt-Pd-Au-Ag-Rh-Cr-V discoveries in the "Ring of Fire" NI 43-101 Update (March 2011): 11.0 Mt @ 1.78% Ni, 0.98% Cu, 0.99 gpt Pt and 3.41 gpt Pd and 0.20 gpt Au (M&I) / 9.0 Mt @ 1.10% Ni, 1.14% Cu, 1.16 gpt Pt and 3.49 gpt Pd and 0.30 gpt Au (Inf.)

almost 8 years ago

LNG pipeline approved....carbon tax imposed.....time to reduce the carbon footprint and create jobs at the same time. Fire up the ring Trudeau and Wynne.

http://www.bnn.ca/national-carbon-price-to-be-10-a-tonne-in-2018-50-by-2022-trudeau-says-1.578532?hootPostID=da85314c18f71351de18f2ce2db4149e

National carbon price to be $10 a tonne in 2018, $50 by 2022, Trudeau says

The Canadian Press

Justin Trudeau, THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal Liberal government will establish a "floor price" on carbon pollution of $10 a tonne in 2018, rising to $50 a tonne by 2022.

Trudeau is making the announcement as he kicks off a debate in the House of Commons over whether Canada should ratify the Paris accord on climate change.

"Provinces and territories will have a choice in how they implement this pricing," he said.

"They can put a direct price on carbon pollution, or they can adopt a cap-and-trade system, with the expectation that it be stringent enough to meet or exceed the federal benchmark."

And should any province or territory not have either a carbon price or a cap-and-trade system in place by 2018, "the government of Canada will implement a price in that jurisdiction."

The news also comes as provincial environment ministers meet in Montreal with federal counterpart Catherine McKenna to hash out an agreement over carbon pricing.

One-size-fits-all doesn't fit: Rural Saskatchewan frets at carbon tax

Ray Orb, president with the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, says that implementing a carbon tax would have negative consequences for the agriculture industry and Saskatchewan's economy overall.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has consistently maintained that his province cannot currently afford a carbon tax, a point reiterated today by his environment minister Scott Moe.

And Yukon environment minister Currie Dixon said the three northern territories all object to the plan as well.

Trudeau said there are billions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of good, well-paying jobs on the table for countries that get carbon pricing right, and they need to get it right.

"There is no hiding from climate change. It is real, and it is everywhere," Trudeau said.

"We cannot undo the last 10 years of inaction. What we can do is make a real and honest effort -- today and every day -- to protect the health of our environment, and with it, the health of all Canadians."