

A wonk’s thread: An Emission and Cost Assessment of “A Real Plan to Protect Our Environment”
Adopting a tweet style, here goes: Our assessment answers 3 questions (paper is here): What are the GHG reductions & costs? 9.1Mt more GHGs: $3.8B more costs. What is the net cost impact on households? $295 in “backstop” provinces; BC, QC & NL $187/HH. Can the Plan hit the 2030 Target? The Plan is not scale-able to the target. Our Approach. Compare changes against ECCC 2018 “additional measures” projection, which includes federal, provincial, & territorial GHG & clean-energy