Well, this shows why democracies can't fix climate change. In Canada's case, there won't be a free lunch, as many people need to heat their homes much of the ye

Well, this shows why democracies can't fix climate change. In Canada's case, there won't be a free lunch, as many people need to heat their homes much of the year. If the tax becomes large enough to make a real difference to how people live, then there would be enough public support to scrap it, or at the very least freeze any increases. That means it'll only work if technology advances fast enough that we can lower our emissions enough to meet climate goals without compromising quality of life. But that would be a reduction of over 10% a year, every year. Yeah, that's what "limiting to 2C" would actually mean. http://www.climatecodered.org/2014/01/radical-emissions-reductions-1-kevin.html http://www.climatecodered.org/2014/01/radical-emissions-redu... Trudeau has also supported the oil industry at every turn. The extraction and burning of the remaining oil in Canada is itself more than Canada's fair share of global emissions to limit heating to 2C. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/07/08/news/tar-sands-vs-canadas-safe-carbon-budget https://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/07/08/news/tar-sands-v... As for the carbon club, existing agreements like NAFTA stand in the way of creating a carbon-pricing trade bloc. The most plausible place for it to start would be the EU after the UK leaves, but even then, I doubt there will be any politicians fighting for it - for similar reasons as for Canada.