Cool the carbon-pricing debate and focus on solutions that make people’s lives better

On Oct. 26, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the federal government will help make heat pumps essentially free for low-income households, starting in Atlantic Canada, and double the rural top-up rate on the carbon price rebate across the country.

As we are seeing now, the almost gravity-like pull carbon pricing exerts on public attention often takes away from other important investments, programs, and regulations that could be potentially more effective in terms of emissions reductions—while also being a lot more politically feasible. Climate, anti-poverty, and efficiency groups have been asking the federal government to engage in climate policy that is also good for people.

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