Political Briefing: Trudeau to Unveil New Details on the Carbon Tax

Hello,

If you live in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan or New Brunswick, good news – your check will be mailed soon.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced this morning the details of his carbon tax reduction program. The federal carbon tax comes into effect on January 1 at $ 20 per tonne, or 4.3 cents per liter of gasoline, and will rise to $ 50 in 2022. The proceeds of the tax will be returned to households (D & C). Where checks) or paid energy efficiency programs. The ultimate goal of the program is to eliminate increasing emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.

Today's announcement affects only four provinces – Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick – because it was these provinces that refused to create their own carbon pricing plans, leaving federal Liberals to impose a national plan.

Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador are still working on their own provincial carbon pricing plans and will be able to manage revenues as they see fit. British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec have put in place carbon pricing plans that also exclude them from federal policy.

Note: Mr. Trudeau, Finance Minister Bill Morneau, Minister of the Environment Catherine McKenna, and Science and Sport Minister Kirsty Duncan make the announcement this morning at Humber College. The school is in the Toronto riding of Etobicoke North, federally represented by Ms. Duncan, but also at the provincial level by … Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Mr Ford, who has condemned the carbon tax all year, should still receive his rebate check next summer.

This is the daily newsletter of Politics Briefing, written by Chris Hannay in Ottawa. It is exclusively available for our digital subscribers. Do you have any comments? Let us know What you think.

WITNESSES TODAY

From Ontario municipal elections saw incumbents John Tory and Jim Watson re-elected with substantial margins in Toronto and Ottawa, respectively. London, a city that made waves by using a preferential ballot during its vote, still counts. Former Conservative MP Ed Holder was in the lead in the first round. The biggest surprise was in Brampton, a city of over half a million residents located just outside of Toronto, where the overthrown provincial Conservative leader, Patrick Brown, was elected mayor. "Tonight 's results were not what I think, none of us expected," said acting Mayor Linda Jeffrey in her concession speech.

Germany has frozen its exports of military goods Saudi Arabia the weekend, and now the Canadian government says that it could do it too. Federal Liberals say they are very concerned about what happened to journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul and do not trust the Saudi story that Mr. Khashoggi accidentally died in a fight with his bare hands. A few days earlier, the Saudis had said that the journalist had left the consulate without incident. Turkish newspapers regularly reported that Mr. Khashoggi had been murdered by Saudi agents. Mr. Trudeau said that while they were thinking about how to respond, Canadian officials organized high – level emergency meetings.

the New Brunswick The Liberals will present a candidate for the presidency of the legislature today, although since it will leave them two votes less than the Progressive Conservatives of the Opposition, it is not clear exactly how long the minority government will last. .

And Canada could be directed to the Moon – or at least in orbit around him. Canadian scientists are working on Canadarm III, which will be traveling to the future Moon Gate Space Station.

Elizabeth Renzetti (The Globe and Mail) on the women of Saudi Arabia"Western feminists celebrated the decision to allow women to drive is part of the package of modern reforms proposed by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Car companies celebrated. What has not been noticed in all celebrations is that Saudi women who campaigned against the kingdom's oppressive guardianship system were thrown into prison, often on the pretext of being foreign agents. "

Alex Neve (The Globe and Mail) on the Saudi record of human rights"The waves of outrage about what happened to Jamal Khashoggi also reflect the growing sense that we have enough. Enough to tolerate Saudi Arabia's continued crackdown, its institutionalized misogyny and discrimination, secrecy and injustice, and heartless and brutal war crimes that have been whitewashed and neglected by the world for decades .

Michael Petrou (OpenCanada.org) on sell weapons to the Saudis"There is a realistic school of thought that says that a country's foreign policy should be guided only by its interests, not its values. Canada has an interest in upholding standards that prevent the (alleged) murder of dissenting journalists sanctioned by the state. But a realist might argue that he is more interested in the money and jobs generated by the sale of military equipment to a state that would have sanctioned such murder. The problem is that this is not how Trudeau described Canada's role in the world. "

Colin Robertson (The Globe and Mail) on Canada-China Trade"The feeling that Chinese behavior is predatory and poses a significant threat to the United States that must be countered, orients the current policy of the United States. Donald Trump's approach – threats, explosions and tariffs – thwarts China and provokes retaliation. We will have to be careful not to become collateral damage. "

Do you have any advice you would like to review? E-mail us to [email protected]. Need to share documents securely? Reach out via SecureDrop