Sask. lags on climate change: Howlett – StarPhoenix
An advocate for environmental taxes says Saskatchewan is behind other provinces on tackling climate change.
“There is much more Saskatchewan needs to do at this point,” said Dennis Howlett, executive director of Canadians for Tax Fairness, adding taxes are one of the best
policy options for dealing with climate change.
Howlett said federal leadership on green taxes would be preferable, but that hasn’t happened in the last decade.
“In the absence of the federal government it’s great that some provinces have stepped up to the plate,” he said, adding Saskatchewan has relied on promoting investment in carbon capture technologies, which have been costly and unsuccessful thus far.
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