Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government’s carbon pricing policies will be important for Canada’s efforts to diversify trade with other countries. Carney has said Canada needs to reduce its dependency on the United States.
“It’s a more efficient system. It works better for the large polluters, it works better for Canadians, and it also is a system that recognizes the new trading reality,” Carney said at a press conference in the London, England, on March 17.
Carney said with the United States placing steep tariffs on the nation, Canada is being given the “opportunity” to diversify its trade with other countries. “Guess what one of the requirements is to diversify trade to the European Union?” he said, adding that a form of carbon pricing is also necessary for trade with the U.K. and “emerging Asia.”…