How Biden differs from Trudeau on climate summed up in one line:
"[Biden and his team] view the idea that a carbon tax is the essential answer to the problem of climate change as being so divorced from political reality as to be actively dangerous."
nytimes.com/2021/04/08/opi…
"[Biden and his team] view the idea that a carbon tax is the essential answer to the problem of climate change as being so divorced from political reality as to be actively dangerous."
nytimes.com/2021/04/08/opi…
This represents a big difference in how the US government is approaching climate action.
For Biden, it's coming through a lens of "what kind of action will build political power and support?"
Where in Canada, it's through a lens of "what do economists say we should do?"
For Biden, it's coming through a lens of "what kind of action will build political power and support?"
Where in Canada, it's through a lens of "what do economists say we should do?"
The Biden approach is much more in line with what popular movements are saying.
The Trudeau approach is much more based on what academics, economists and an elite, professional environmental class are telling them in closed door meetings.
The Trudeau approach is much more based on what academics, economists and an elite, professional environmental class are telling them in closed door meetings.
We obviously don't know which one will deliver emissions reductions since Biden's policy hasn't had time to take effect.
But, the last 6 years should really have Canadian climate folks thinking hard as we watch the US government seem to make big moves, and fast.
But, the last 6 years should really have Canadian climate folks thinking hard as we watch the US government seem to make big moves, and fast.
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