Putting a price on carbon…

Putting a price on carbon emissions is a proven way to force polluters to pay the costs which otherwise must be paid for by all of us. It has been estimated that each ton of CO2 emitted has a cost of between $45 and $275, accounting for factors like difficulty growing food, threats to human health and lowered worker productivity. Environmental costs include damage from storms and wildfires. In the first 5 months of 2018, extreme weather events cost Ontarians $696 million which does not include the flooding Toronto experienced this summer. The Doug Ford administration is not only ignoring the problem, they're exacerbating it farther by taking a pro-developer stance. Ontario’s ministries warned years ago that continued climate change, coupled with land conversion and population growth are a significant threat to the integrity of Ontario's aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. To continue to allow polluters to externalize their costs onto the public is not only negligent, it is criminal.