Posted AT 1:08 PM EST on 07/01/08
Carbon tax in the cards to help cut emissions
OTTAWA — A federal advisory panel will unveil a long-term climate-change strategy today that is expected to back the idea of a carbon tax aimed at substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, The Globe and Mail has learned.
The proposal will put pressure on both the Harper government and the Liberal Opposition, which have rejected a carbon tax that would penalize oil producers in the West most heavily.
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