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December 17, 2020
Media Release: Canada’s Most Ambitious Climate Plan Ever
December 17, 2020
Cathy Orlando, Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada’s National Director was ecstatic when she read the news and sent the volunteers the following message, “Canada has a real carbon fee and dividend policy! Almost everything we have been lobbying for the past two years is in the new legislation introduced today….

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November 9, 2020
MEDIA PACKET: Stop the Dash to Gas and Green the Grid
November 9, 2020
The Corporate Knight’s Building Back Better Report indicates that greening the grid will create 905,000 jobs/and add $284.5 billion of gross value to the Canadian economy between now and 2030. Achieving this transformation will require strong measures. How can we get there?

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March 29, 2020
LASER TALK: Canada’s carbon pricing policy – The Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act
March 29, 2020
There are two elements of the federal carbon pricing policy:
1. A charge on fossil fuels that is generally payable by fuel producers or distributors
2. For businesses and industries that qualify, they will enroll in an Output-based Carbon Pricing System. They will pay a carbon price based on their…

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January 30, 2019
OPEN LETTER: Our Submission to the CUSMA Initial Environmental Assessment
January 30, 2019
… The North American Free Trade zone — as defined by NAFTA and the CUSMA, encompassing Canada, the United States, and Mexico — provides an opportunity to bring half a billion people into a sustainable economy of inclusive prosperity. This depends on forces that shape overall economic potential.

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January 8, 2018
Why Canada-U.S. Cooperation is key to Carbon Pricing Success
January 8, 2018
Climate action is a worldwide, collaborative effort. CCL Vancouver Group Leader Marlo Firme makes the case for how partnership between close trading partners like Canada and the U.S. can lead to more robust, effective, and lower cost GHG reductions.

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May 8, 2017
BLOG: California bill to make cap and trade similar to Carbon Fee and Dividend
May 8, 2017
CCL’s IT Director and State Level Policy Coordinator Tony Sirna discusses changes to California’s cap and trade system that are making it look like CCL USA’s proposed carbon fee and dividend.

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