Climate Change & the Environment

Carbon pricing platforms

Here's what the 2024 NB election parties are promising.

Liberal

  • Work with the federal government to make big emitters bear the brunt of the price on carbon

    "While we move to a 100 percent non-emitting grid, we will work with the federal government to ensure big emitters bear the brunt of the price on carbon." — Team Holt: Focused On You, retrieved 2024-10-12

Green

  • Replace the consumer carbon price with a cap and trade pricing system

    "Replace the consumer carbon tax with a cap and trade pricing system that will shift the carbon tax burden to the biggest polluters, to ensure they pay their fair share." — Election Platform 2024, retrieved 2024-10-12

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