Saskatchewan’s climate-change plan includes buying carbon offsets, no carbon tax
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government has introduced a climate-change strategy that inches toward a price on carbon emissions, but leaves large parts of its economy untouched.
And it doesn’t include a carbon tax, which Environment Minister Dustin Duncan was happy to point out Monday.
“I believe it will achieve as much, if not more than, a carbon tax ever would,” Duncan said after introducing the plan.
It calls for performance standards on facilities that emit more than 25,000 tonnes annually of carbon dioxide equivalent. Facilities that exceed their limit will have to pay.